The internet is endlessly being scraped for data, especially by governments. Lemmy can be scraped just as easily as any other website.
Some governments are happy to let people more or less discuss whatever, because they know revolutionary steam is blown off by being allowed to talk about bad conditions. A loose grip has been shown to be more effective than a tight grip, when it comes to control.
Other governments are more strict, and it doesn’t matter where you’ve been critical of them. If they can figure out who you are, and find out you said something on Lemmy that they think they can prosecute. Oh, they will, they will.
Depends on the government.
The internet is endlessly being scraped for data, especially by governments. Lemmy can be scraped just as easily as any other website.
Some governments are happy to let people more or less discuss whatever, because they know revolutionary steam is blown off by being allowed to talk about bad conditions. A loose grip has been shown to be more effective than a tight grip, when it comes to control.
Other governments are more strict, and it doesn’t matter where you’ve been critical of them. If they can figure out who you are, and find out you said something on Lemmy that they think they can prosecute. Oh, they will, they will.