[Barrin92]

>and that you can no longer post anonymously on social media. You cannot be certain that your criticism of the government will not be followed up by the authorities.

sorry but I don't get this point. If you're on Instagram or Facebook, did you think fifteen different three letter agencies weren't already watching you? It has the word 'face' in the name, the entire point of that site is that people mindlessly share their personal information, it's not some underground space for activists.

You can be perfectly anonymous on the internet, but demanding to be anonymous on Facebook is like trying to start a Das Kapital book club at Goldman Sachs or decrying commercial culture while you're in a Disneyland theme park

[ranger_danger]

> did you think fifteen different three letter agencies weren't already watching you?

I think there was a reasonable expectation of anonymity, at least relative to other users. In the past you could access facebook with a VPN/proxy (and for a brief time, even tor) and use any name you wanted. But with forced identity verification you lose that little bit of anonymity.

[djaro]

Also, if the government arrests you for making a post, the issue is them arresting you, not your post not being anonymous.

Like, criticizing the government shouldnt just be possible because you can hide behind a fake name. It should be legal with your face name and address attached to it as well

[chadgpt3]

Every political system seems to tend towards fascism though. When it does happen, you'll be glad they're only trying to arrest your alias.