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points by boringg 1 day ago | 0 comments

Sources for that kind of claim please.

https://www.npr.org/2026/02/12/nx-s1-5667213/free-speech-law...

They're not hard to find. It's happening; it's not as widespread as it could be if it's allowed to continue. Put this into google: "federal agents intimidating people for posting social media comments".

[–] JayNitram 1 day ago

I feel they weren't being genuine in their request, but just in case, a couple quick finds.

https://www.npr.org/2026/09/10/nx-s1-5961220/dhs-ice-observe...

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg7pyjxjxrvo

[–] jsbisviewtiful 1 day ago

> I feel they weren't being genuine in their request

Likely not. I've always been surprised by the amount of authoritarian sympathizers here.

[–] boringg 1 day ago

The fact that both of you feel that way makes me concerned about your worldview. I asked for facts - which HN is generally a fact based environment instead of broad hand wavy fear based statements.

As an aside - thank you for the isolated cases that you sent as evidence which I haven't clearly been following as closely. I know it is a significant problem in the UK but kind of on the other end of the political spectrum.

[–] jsbisviewtiful 1 day ago

> The fact that both of you feel that way makes me concerned about your worldview.

Like I've stated, there are an unusual amount of authoritarian sympathizers in this forum - though it's possible they are bots. When I first heard of the forum and signed up, it was noticeable and I almost did not stick around, but ultimately decided it was better to know what is going on around the world and the posts here are far better quality than somewhere like reddit. Nothing to do with my worldview, just an observation from being around here for 10+ years. It's nothing personal against you.