[8fingerlouie]

This is hardly a new approach or development.

A decade ago, reading Linux Journal would get you flagged as being an extremist : https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/4rp5l6/nsa_classifie...

[SOLAR_FIELDS]

Were they giving people 50 years in prison for it back then too?

[qwery]

I don't think you've understood the story you're commenting on. These people weren't "flagged" as terrorists, they were convicted and sentenced (extremely) harshly.

[adjejmxbdjdn]

There’s literally no comparison between “flagging”, which has no legal requirement or no actual consequence without actual trial, and the results of an actual trial.