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How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are (www.nytimes.com)
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Agents use facial recognition, social media monitoring and other tech tools not only to identify undocumented immigrants but also to track protesters, current and former officials said.

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[–] ToTheGraveMyLove@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Those are fascist states too. You can't make use of this kind of technology and still claim to be the good guys. Fascisms not a left or right thing, both sides of the aisle can slide into that kind of behavior.

[–] BlueDemon@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 1 week ago

Authoritarianism applies to both sides, and the middle. Fascism is a right wing authoritarian ideology.

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Both sides of the state's aisle are right-wing.