Well dreamwidth is US owned, so there's no safe place, really, if they start cracking down. I will say this for the US: freedom of speech is the nearest thing we have to an absolute right, and this is pretty much agreed upon throughout the political spectrum You are not allowed to preemptively censor information (you can be liable after the fact for things you publish that are untrue, but the government cannot prevent you from publishing something) and the first amendment, true to its title, tends to supercede all other considerations in the courts (again, wherever you fall on the political spectrum). I do not think Donald Trump's threats against the press are going to go far, and I am in general terrified about how much other Republicans have folded when faced with him.
That said, I kind of agree with the argument that the Russians are not likely to care about what we say. Phones from Chinese manufactures (as opposed to phones that are merely manufactured in China, which is basically all of them) are starting to become a thing here, and you hear concerns about 'oh no, but what if the Chinese government is using them to spy on us!' I'm like, what the hell does the Chinese government care about where I'm buying my coffee? There is no information that the Chinese government can collect about me that they can use to any kind of consequence in my life. The NSA, however, I am very concerned about spying on me . . .
Which is all a very long and rambly way of saying that it probably doesn't matter too much where you post and, if these things concern you, maybe consider a donation to the Electronic Frontier Foundation?
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I will say this for the US: freedom of speech is the nearest thing we have to an absolute right, and this is pretty much agreed upon throughout the political spectrum You are not allowed to preemptively censor information (you can be liable after the fact for things you publish that are untrue, but the government cannot prevent you from publishing something) and the first amendment, true to its title, tends to supercede all other considerations in the courts (again, wherever you fall on the political spectrum). I do not think Donald Trump's threats against the press are going to go far, and I am in general terrified about how much other Republicans have folded when faced with him.
That said, I kind of agree with the argument that the Russians are not likely to care about what we say. Phones from Chinese manufactures (as opposed to phones that are merely manufactured in China, which is basically all of them) are starting to become a thing here, and you hear concerns about 'oh no, but what if the Chinese government is using them to spy on us!' I'm like, what the hell does the Chinese government care about where I'm buying my coffee? There is no information that the Chinese government can collect about me that they can use to any kind of consequence in my life. The NSA, however, I am very concerned about spying on me . . .
Which is all a very long and rambly way of saying that it probably doesn't matter too much where you post and, if these things concern you, maybe consider a donation to the Electronic Frontier Foundation?