Yes, THAT politician who wants to punish people for vague statements made on social media. Thanks!
The bar for what counts as “incitement” is going to keep lowering.
Felt like an outsider before deleting, still feel the same, so no change there. There are informative accounts I miss a little, but there are other ways to connect and stay informed such as through Discord.
Silencing the Press, Silencing Democracy
In Suriname, the government is weaponizing defamation lawsuits, violence, and intimidation to stifle journalists and muzzle free speech. The world stays silent—perhaps we're too small for the global stage to care.
But censorship here is real, and it's growing. As media platforms like Facebook are used to suppress local news outlets, we look to decentralized solutions like Nostr as a lifeline for our democracy. Yet, despite the urgency, we’ve been met with silence from the global community.
Our largest news outlets are under attack, with pages facing deletion. Facebook has become a tool for censorship, with false reports leading to suspended pages. We haven’t received any support, but we refuse to surrender.
Freedom of speech shouldn’t depend on a platform’s whims—or a government’s threats.
Starnieuws, Suriname Herald, SUN News, ABC, Rasonic TV… they all face the same crackdown. The time to act is now.
Read more here:
https://m.starnieuws.com/index.php/welcome/index/nieuwsitem/82838
Are people open to moving from Facebook to Nostr?
The desperation vibes of the search term. 😂
Until around the time relays delete posts after some time to keep storage low, except for paid relays that advertise keeping them up as a feature.
We’re not going to take your guns… except the most common rifle in America. That one we’re taking away.
If you ever worried that mosquitos may have been blessed with an inability to feel pain, fear not. You no can show them no mercy and have some comfort that they’ll suffer for their crimes.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0065280622000170
What if you just take the SUV and then disappear?
At that point might as well just run Linux.
And increasing censorship and surveillance, and dollar debasement, and raising taxes, and …
Made it back to the other side of the 58k gravity well.
They’d have to block Tor too.
Of course all the regulated exchanges are going to comply with whatever they are told and stop accepting LN or BTC that has coinjoin history. Europeans should embrace Bisq and Robosats.