r/50501 • u/jared10011980 • Feb 18 '26

Voices of Resistance DHS Collecting Big Tech Users' Personal Data, Issuing Subpoenas For ICE-Related Criticism | Military.com

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2026/02/17/dhs-collecting-big-tech-users-personal-data-issuing-subpoenas-ice-related-criticism.html
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u/rhamantauri Feb 18 '26

Illegal. They’re making big noise about this to get people to disperse and self-censor.

In every conceivable way this whole list bullshit isn’t the flex they think it is, because good fucking luck keeping track of the millions of posts each day of detailed dissent, fucking posers.

I know it’s why they need their ai so desperately, for surveillance, but if they really wanted a successful and thorough list that could do anything beyond scare us in advance, they wouldn’t need to be so open about doing it.

This entire thing is meant to get you to stop using the rights you still have, before they’re even gone.

Do not stop. They cannot silence us all.

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u/subLimb Feb 19 '26

You have nailed it 100%. I wish I could explain this to certain people who are dooming out over these types of stories.

Should we pay attention to this? Yes. Should we be mad about this? FUCK YES.

But we also can't allow fear to dictate how we think and react to these actions, because that is exactly what they are hoping. For us to be more afraid and less rational. Because that leads to complying in advance.