#orwellian — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #orwellian, aggregated by home.social.
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... The post was called a 22-point #manifesto that has generated backlash
Post is about #book: ‘The #Technological #Republic’ by Palantir CEO Alex Karp head of corporate affairs Nicholas Zamiska.
#BoycottUSA #authoritarian #Orwellian #Dystopian #tyrants #privacy #evil #dictators #racism #fascism #fascists #USAggression #USThreats
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Protect #VPN use in the UK
Sign petition:
https://action.openrightsgroup.org/tell-government-protect-vpn-use-uk
#privacy #security #Internet #authoritarian #Surveillance #ToxicLabour #Orwellian #Orwell #DemocracyNOW #OpenRightsGroup
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#AndThen? And then #Mullvad was #censored in #UK
#UnitedKingdom is escalating its #censorship & mass #surveillance
When Mullvad tried to address this with #TV #ad “And Then?”, it was banned on British television
Outdoor ad campaign meant to criticise the TV ban was also largely halted
Here, you can watch the banned ads and explore the entire campaign
https://mullvad.net/en/and-then/uk
#authoritarian #Orwellian #dystopian #privacy #security #ToxicTories #ToxicLabour #KeirStalin #StarmerOut
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Federal Agents Are Intimidating #LegalObservers at Their Homes: “They Know Where You Live.”
#Immigration authorities in #Minnesota have identified legal observers by name and address, and in some cases showed up at their homes.
by Austin Campbell
March 5 2026, 5:53 a.m."Former Minnesota state Sen. #MattLittle was lawfully observing federal immigration agents in a Dakota County neighborhood last month when the drive took an unexpected turn.
"As he followed their vehicles, they led him down a rural road that grew increasingly familiar during the 20-minute drive. Soon, Little told #TheIntercept, he realized where the federal agents were headed: his house.
"When he approached his driveway, two SUVs were already waiting, Little said. Agents moved to block his car, claiming he had impeded their investigation and that local law enforcement would be called. No other officers came to his house, and Little was not cited or charged.
" 'The intent was clearly to intimidate us. It’s stressful. It’s a little bit scary. But at the same time,' Little said, 'I just think it’s really important to be out there and monitoring what they’re doing.'
"Interviews, sworn declarations, and video reviewed by The Intercept indicate that Little is not the only person subjected to this kind of #intimidation. Across the #TwinCities, immigration agents have identified legal observers by name and address, and, in some cases, led them back to their homes after they engaged in lawful monitoring of immigration activity. Legal observers say this pattern of behavior sends a clear and chilling message: The federal government knows who they are and where they live.
"These encounters are unfolding amid a rapid expansion of federal #surveillance capabilities.
"Immigration authorities have significantly expanded their use of mobile #biometric and surveillance tools in recent years. Officers with Immigration and Customs Enforcement as well as Customs and Border Protection, for example, can use the smartphone app #MobileFortify to photograph a person’s face or capture fingerprints in the field and compare them against federal biometric databases, according to a Department of Homeland Security inventory of artificial intelligence technologies."
Read more:
https://theintercept.com/2026/03/05/ice-cbp-minnesota-surveillance-intimidation-observers/Archived version:
https://archive.ph/MggRo#AbolishCBP #AbolishICE #ICESucks #Palantir #AISucks #PoliceState #USPol #Orwellian #SilencingDissent #SurveillanceState
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RE: https://mastodon.de/@ErikUden/116094038908297209
Disappeared means exactly that under a fascist regime!
#USPol #Orwellian #Fascism #AbolishICE #Disappeared #NineteenEightyFour #PrivatePrisons #InternmentCamps #DeathCamps #CharacteristicsOfFascism
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Stop scanning us! #FacialRecognition
Home Secretary Mahmood, revealed her chilling vision of building a “panopticon” where “the eyes of the state can be on you at all times”
Your #passport photo now being searched by police, even if you have done nothing wrong
#Driving licence photos are next
If we don’t set clear limits now, our rights to #privacy, #FreeSpeech, #protest & access to information are at risk
Sign:
https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stop-scanning-us-all-with-facial-recognition -
“Uptick in Abductions”: ICE Ramps Up Targeting of #Minneapolis #LegalObservers
In one 30-minute stretch, three legal observers were arrested — as #Trump’s #BorderCzar #TomHoman calls on locals to “end the #resistance.”
By Ryan Devereaux, February 9, 2026
https://theintercept.com/2026/02/09/ice-minneapolis-legal-observers-abduction/
#ResistICE #ResistFascism #USPol #Authoritarianism #Fascism #ICEOut #DefundICE #DefundCBD #Disappeared
#DefundDHS #MurderPatrol #ThoughtPolice #Orwellian #IndefiniteDetention #BigBrother #NineteenEightyFour #DepartmentOfHomelandInsecurity -
Scrap #DigitalID cards
#UK Government plan for digital ID cards is £1.8 billion white elephant
It is little more than an echo of the failed Tony Blair ID card scheme, now with an expensive digital element bolted on
We rejected ID cards then and we reject them now.
Despite the government’s partial U-turn on some compulsory elements of the scheme, the huge cost remains – alongside many other problems.
#security #privacy #BigData #ToxicLabour #KierStalin #ID #Orwellian
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Stop #FacialRecognition
This could be the last meaningful chance to push back on 24/7 #facial recognition in #UK
Putting cameras on our high streets, we’re all treated like #suspects in #digital #police #line-up, with our photos taken repeated for identity checks 24/7
We’ve created a speedy tool to help you respond – it takes just minutes but could help protect privacy for a generation.
https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/campaigns/stop-facial-recognition/
#PoliceState #authoritarian #Orwellian #dystopian #ToxicLabour #KeirStalin
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#Labour's #jury plans condemned by lawyers across UK, Ireland
UK #Justice Secretary #Lammy wants to limit #JuryTrials
“The Four Bars are deeply concerned that the #UK Govt planning to restrict the right to a #jury #trial in #England & #Wales
- “Being tried by a jury of one’s peers is a fundamental cornerstone of the criminal #justice system in our respective jurisdictions”
https://www.thenational.scot/news/25729633.labours-jury-plans-condemned-lawyers-across-uk-ireland/
#ToxicLabour #DemocracyNOW #HumanRights #authoritarian #Orwellian #1984 #dictatorship
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#LightPollution has stolen majestic views of #stars and #constellations.
#CameraPollution has stolen the ability to feel at ease in public and private spaces.
🏷️ T a g s #Dystopia #dystopic #humanity #InvasionOfPrivacy #ModernLife #ModernLiving #Orwell #Orwellian #sousveillance #surveillance
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#UKGovernment expands #police use of #FacialRecognition vans
by Kate Whannel, August 13, 2025
"More live facial recognition (#LFR) vans will be rolled out across seven police forces in England to locate suspects for crimes including sexual offences, violent assaults and homicides, the Home Office has announced.
"The forces will get access to 10 new vans equipped with cameras, which scan the faces of people walking past and check them against a list of wanted people.
"The government says the technology has been used in London to make 580 arrests in 12 months, including 52 registered sex offenders who breached their conditions.
"However, campaign group #BigBrotherWatch said the 'significant expansion of the #SurveillanceState' was 'alarming'.
"Live facial recognition was first used in #England and #Wales in 2017 during the Uefa Champions League final football match in Cardiff."Since then its use has largely been confined to #SouthWales, #London and #Essex including at a Beyoncé concert to scan for paedophiles and terrorists [like elderly Palestine Action activists!]
"The government is now funding 10 vans equipped with LFR to be shared between seven forces, approximately doubling the number of vehicles.
"The seven forces are Greater #Manchester, #WestYorkshire, #Bedfordshire, #Surrey, #Sussex, #ThamesValley and #Hampshire.
"The technology identifies people by taking measurements of facial features including the distance between the eyes and the length of the jawline and then comparing the data to to an existing watchlist.
"Each van will be staffed with a trained officer who checks the matches identified by the technology.
"Simultaneously, the government is holding a consultation on what safeguards are needed to "ensure transparency and public confidence", ahead of drawing up a new legal framework.
"Big Brother Watch is bringing a legal challenge against the #MetPolice's use of the technology, alongside #ShaunThompson, who was wrongly identified by an LFR camera.
#Rebecca Vincent, interim director of Big Brother Watch, said: 'Police have interpreted the absence of any legislative basis authorising the use of this intrusive technology as carte blanche to continue to roll it out unfettered, despite the fact that a crucial judicial review on the matter is pending.
" ;The #HomeOffice must scrap its plans to roll out further live facial recognition capacity until robust legislative safeguards are established.'
"Labour peer Baroness Chakrabarti told the BBC the technology was 'incredibly intrusive' and 'some would say this is yet another move towards a total #surveillance society'."
Read more:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj4wy21dwkwoArchived version:
https://archive.ph/I2g32#Orwellian #UKPol #BigBrotherIsWatchingYou #ThoughtCrime #PalestineAction #Censorship #Authoritarianism
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Repeat after me: The Linux Foundation are a bunch of Big Tech bellends. Don’t listen to a single thing they say.
https://social.lfx.dev/@linuxfoundation/114993371357953940
#FOSS #openSource #BigTech #LinuxFoundation #TheLinuxFoundation #linux #SiliconValley #Orwellian #bellends #GDPR #privacy #humanRights #democracy
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#BorderPatrol Wants Advanced #AI to #Spy on American Cities
A U.S. Border Patrol “Industry Day” deck also asks for #drones, seismic sensors, and tech that can see through walls.
by Sam Biddle
July 23 2025Excerpt: "U.S. Customs and Border Protection, flush with billions in new funding, is seeking 'advanced AI' technologies to surveil urban residential areas, increasingly sophisticated #autonomous systems, and even the ability to see through walls.
"A CBP presentation for an 'Industry Day' summit with private sector vendors, obtained by The Intercept, lays out a detailed wish list of tech CBP hopes to purchase, like satellite connectivity for #SurveillanceTowers along the #border and improved radio communications. But it also shows that state-of-the-art, AI-augmented surveillance technologies will be central to the Trump administration’s #AntiImmigrant campaign, which will extend deep into the interior of the North American continent, hundreds of miles from international borders as commonly understood.
"The recent passage of Trump’s sprawling flagship legislation funnels tens of billions of dollars to the #DepartmentOfHomelandSecurity. While much of that funding will go to Immigration and Customs Enforcement to bolster the administration’s arrest and deportation operations, a great deal is earmarked to purchase new technology and equipment for federal offices tasked with preventing immigrants from arriving in the first place: Customs and Border Protection, which administers the country’s border surveillance apparatus, and its subsidiary, the U.S. Border Patrol.
"One page of the presentation, describing the wishlist of Border Patrol’s Law Enforcement Operations Division, says the agency needs '#AdvancedAI to identify and track suspicious activity in urban environment [sic],' citing the 'challenges' posed by 'Dense residential areas.' What’s considered '#SuspiciousActivity' is left unmentioned.
Customs and Border Protection did not respond to questions posed about the slides by The Intercept."Read more:
https://theintercept.com/2025/07/23/cbp-border-patrol-ai-surveillance/Archived version:
https://archive.ph/ohLtM#ThoughtCrime #PoliceDrones #AISucks #SurveillanceState #USPol #CPB #DHS #ICE #ICEKidnapping #Disappeared #Orwellian #NoPrivacy #MinorityReport #ElectronicBigBrother #BrotherEye #DoublePlusUngood #BigBrotherIsWatching #BigBrotherIsWatchingYou
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Team Trump Is Gaming Out How to Ship #USCitizens to #ElSalvador
Trump officials are talking internally about #denaturalizing #AmericanCitizens — and potentially sending some to #ElSalvador
By Nikki McCann Ramirez, Asawin Suebsaeng, Andrew Perez - April 12, 2025
"Donald #Trump and his White House have moved to deport #GreenCard holders for espousing #ProPalestinian views, shipped hundreds of #migrants to a notorious #Salvadoran #MegaPrison without due process (in defiance of a judge’s order), and are now publicly musing about sending United States citizens to prison in El Salvador.
"Trump said last weekend he would 'love' to send American criminals there — and would even be 'honored' to, depending on 'what the law says.' White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed this week that the president has discussed this idea privately, too, adding he would only do this 'if it’s legal.'
"El Salvador’s president, #Nayi Bukele, has for months been offering to hold U.S. citizens in his country’s prison system, which he has turned into 'a judicial black hole' rife with 'systematic #torture,' as one #HumanRights advocate recently told Rolling Stone.
"Legal experts agree that sending American citizens to prison in El Salvador would be flagrantly illegal under both U.S. and international law — and that the idea itself is shockingly #authoritarian, with few parallels in our nation’s history.
"The Trump administration is indeed discussing this idea behind the scenes, two sources familiar with the matter confirmed to Rolling Stone. In their most serious form, these conversations have revolved around attempting to denaturalize American citizens and deport them to other countries, including El Salvador.
" 'You can’t deport U.S. citizens. There’s no emergency exception, there’s no special wartime authority, there’s no secret clause. You just can’t deport citizens,' says Steve Vladeck, a legal commentator and law professor at Georgetown.
" 'Whatever grounds they try to come up with for denaturalization or #expatriation, the one thing that is absolutely undeniable is that people are entitled to individualized processes, before that process can be effectuated.'
"In the United States, the grounds to strip a naturalized individual of their citizenship encompass serious material offenses. They include: committing #treason or #terrorism, enlisting in a foreign military engaged in opposition to the United States, or lying in applications for citizenship or as part of the naturalization process."
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/xliRd#Orwellian #Authorianism #Fascism #ICEDetention #Deportations #USPol #SilencingDissent #MemoryHoled #Disappeared
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#DHS detains grad student who advocated for #Palestine and the "humanity of all people"
#RumeysaOzturk, a student at #TuftsUniversity, drew the attention of a pro-Israel group for co-authoring an op-ed
By Charles R. Davis
Published March 26, 2025 10:01AM Updated March 26, 2025 5:27PM (EDT)"The Trump administration has detained a Tufts University graduate student exactly one year after she coauthored a plea for 'the equal dignity and #humanity of all people,' including Palestinians.
"Rumeysa Ozturk, a native of Turkey, was 'ambushed' late Tuesday outside her apartment, according to a statement that her attorney provided to The Boston Globe. Neighbors had seen agents in #UnmarkedCars monitoring her apartment for two days prior to the arrest, the outlet reported.
"'Her arrest comes after the #ProIsrael group #CanaryMission flagged Ozturk for having 'engaged in anti-Israel activism in March 2024.'"
Read more:
https://www.salon.com/2025/03/26/dhs-detains-grad-student-advocated-for-palestine-and-the-humanity-of-all-people/
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Kremlin finds new enemies to target — Russians without kids
More than a decade since #Russian lawmakers banned LGBTQ+ #propaganda, the #Kremlin's self-declared crusade for “traditional values” has found a new target — Russians who don’t want children.
Russian State #Duma voted to outlaw support & promotion of “childfree propaganda,” effectively imposing fines on those who express such views.
https://kyivindependent.com/kremlin-finds-new-enemy-to-target-russians-without-kids/
#dictatorship #Orwellian #dystopian #childless #authoritarian #breeders
