And animity keeps democracies alive. For without anonymity, democracies would soon turn into dictatorships.
this post was submitted on 22 Apr 2024
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Homie needs to stfu and realize that he's the middleman in a proxy war and stop saying stupid shit in public that could damage his ability to do his job.
And it's incredibly stupid shit.
It's interesting how the biggest comments either pretend there is no war, or remove Ukrainian self-determination from discussion of it.
Seems kind of like those people who try to lump in Palestinians in Gaza with some imaginary monolith of "all Muslims" in the middle east.
Ukrainian self determination LMFAOOOOOOO
Lmao, I like this kind of political commentary
If you want to promote your position - and it may not please someone and that is normal in a democratic society - take responsibility. What are you afraid to say who you are?
While I understand the problems the propaganda machines of Russia and China (among other) causes, this here is some stupid shit
Try to criticize Putin openly while living in Russia, speak up for the freedom to love and have sex with whoever you want in Uganda or publish pictures of Muhammad as a dog and sign all of it with your name and see what will happen.
Anonymity is a double edged sword. While being "nice to have" in a democracy it's a "must have" in a dictatorship.
I think a lot of people might be sympathetic to the idea that in wartime, you need to be stricter because of the incredibly high stakes. That Ukraine is at war, so they need to find and deal with these sources of disinformation.
I think those same people need to realize that the policies never get rolled back to a more liberal state when the war is over.
It sucks that this is a systemic advantage for authoritarians. It really sucks. It feels bad. But it's the handicap you have to accept to resist authoritarianism.
Yeah leave us alone
Yea Ukrainian government does want to make it a censored state. Good luck with that and joining the EU with such positions lol
Why are people still using telegram anyway... Much better options out there
Because 90% of my contacts use Telegram
People always complain on Lemmy about Telegram and point at alternatives that are theoretically better in terms of security and privacy.
Yet the security and privacy on Lemmy are good enough that you routinely see governments complaining about how they can't get at the info on Telegram like this story here, all while Telegram has a UI and experience that blows every competing messenger completely away.
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Excellent UI (WhatsApp keeps copying them, but they're still ahead)
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Open-source client
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Good support for bots (very useful for group mods)
To be frank I have used it since it started way back and it continues to have the best user experience among messengers. I myself don't use it for any crucial information but as a messenger with it's featureset it's second to none. When a better alternative pops up which will have a better UI and such an extensive featureset I will probably switch over
Piracy
Good luck with that.