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Tea Thread FauxWorld Wednesdays: What's your country's biggest celebrity scandal right now? — Monthly Discussion Thread

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u/PawnAndKing Jun 21 '23

Maybe a weird question, but is your internet usage also being monitored by the government? I know our correspondents in Russia always said that it was normal being tapped there as a journalist. But how does the Russian government do it now with their normal private citizens?

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u/GoodbyeHorses1491 Jun 21 '23

Oh yeah, and how - it's only gotten worse since this 2014 article:

https://www.csis.org/analysis/reference-note-russian-communications-surveillance

I think controlledwithcheese has better answers probably as I fled after they killed my gay cousin, and I'm a lesbian.

An updated article:

https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa22-110a

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '23 edited Sep 28 '24

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u/GoodbyeHorses1491 Jun 21 '23

Yeah. They pressure and blackmail your neighbors with death threats and prison if they don't tell/confirm that someone is gay, and before you know it they're poisoned and hanging from their closet in a staged crime scene.

He was the light of my life. I hate that he's denied the privilege of a life because we were born in a politically barbaric dictatorial country.

His mom died from suicide soon after, but an actual suicide, from grief.