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The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] SnoringEarthworm@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 day ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

Most activism groups aren't really screening for membership.

Usually it's, "you want to join ? Cool, I'll add you."

Edit: Just read the article. They went out of their way to try to make it sound like this group was up to something other than legally show up to immigrant court and keep watch for heinous police behavior.

The memo did not provide any further details about the individual or their alleged past calls for violence and offered no specifics or evidence to explain why the FBI characterized them as “anarchist violent extremists”. The courtwatch efforts have been non-violent, and the FBI did not respond to an inquiry seeking specific examples of violence and did not answer questions about whether law enforcement had ongoing access to the private group.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 3 points 23 hours ago

Oh so it's an activist group that's doing valuable work but has no need to background check for security. Makes sense, basically every activist or political group is on signal these days.