Missed opportunity: “Support our dumbness” shoulda said “dumbasses” instead.

That can only lead to dangerous places. Like The Three Stooges…

EDIT: sigh Guess I’m the only one who caught the Short Circuit reference… r/fuckimold

Few people care at this point - some may claim they do, but the cost to them virtually always wins in the end. Never mind we were sold out so long ago that exceedingly few things are genuinely made in the USA anymore, so people don’t really have a choice anyway.

Not to be left behind, the west invests in an even faster next-gen train codenamed “snowpiercer.”

Methinks you have too much faith in those wielding the power to demand this. Examples abound of assholes - anyone from forum mods to police officers - abusing their power against those they look down upon. Yeah, it often comes back on them eventually, but not always, and in the meantime the lives of those they target can be made a living hell if they so choose.

“Questionable activity” is an easily abused term for power-tripping assholes. Especially with right-wing politics becoming so prevalent world-wide, it’s easy (for example) to imagine a scenario where a group of LGBTQ+ types are targeted for harassment - being forced to choose between losing their safe haven or outing themselves & putting themselves at risk of far worse.

“Evidence” being so vague and malleable a term that it’s insanely easy to abuse.

Thing is Discord will have no problems getting them to do it. By the time any legal proceedings against it work their way through the legal system, the damage will long since have been done. Discord will have made the money from the data they collected, the AI models will be done, and the need for more pictures will be non-existent.

I think George Michael’s Freedom hit that mark like three decades ago. Became a huge hit (one of my all-time favorite songs). Still hasn’t changed a thing because the execs don’t care as long as it sells, and they get their money.

So… they banned social media for a whole 15 seconds?

Nowhere near an expert in this, but I know I’ve seen in the past that you could set your phone to turn on at a specific time (which means the RTC at a minimum is still running) - could a determined adversary not find a way to take advantage of that?

Your carrier HAS ratted on you. Under the incoming US administration, I’ve little doubt they will again.

Misspelled hooliganism, sorry.

You didn’t mention a VPN, so when you said “moving” I naturally thought you meant physically… .…(ツ)…/

Can’t answer for anybody else, but from what admittedly limited information I’m aware of there are many reasons I’d not want to move to India - Modi, pollution so bad in places you can hardly see through it at times, rampant huliganism hooliganism, sexism, mobs severely beating/killing people (most not even nearly for “justifiable” causes), high unemployment, castes, people still openly using public streets for restrooms, etc. Doesn’t seem like it’s any better than the Ununited States of America.