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pgeorgi on Oct 13, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Mathematician warns US spies may be weakening next...

It's pretty simple to not be on Twitter. It's comparably hard to evade governments.

Detrytus on Oct 13, 2023 [–]

Just because you are not on Twitter (or Facebook, or whatever) won't stop other people from tweeting lies about you. And the public image that you have on social media matters a lot in this society. See also: "Cancel culture".

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