Is surveillance risk chilling your online speech?
A discussion thread on Hacker News explores whether increased surveillance and AI data collection are causing users to self-censor their online speech. Participants debate the impact of government monitoring, corporate data scraping, and shifting political climates on digital expression.
Why it matters
This reflects growing public anxiety regarding digital privacy and the long-term implications of AI-driven surveillance on free speech.
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Is surveillance risk chilling your online speech?
Given the expansion of the fed/state/local/corporate surveillance net, do you find yourself expressing yourself less freely on the internet than you did five years ago?
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Yes, as AI models will now be slurping up everything for indefinite amounts of time
I mean, they were before, too, but it wasn’t as obvious
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