When I talk to people outside the US, they're rarely aware of how bad it's gotten. In part because state-level authoritarianism is rarely reported in int'l media.

E.g. there's now a proposal to jail teachers/librarians who possess 'banned books' !!!

When faced w/well-meaning legislation to scan for 'harmful content,' undermine e2ee in the name of child safety etc., we are derelict/naive if we don't contend with the reality of who will use theses laws, how.

https://www.hjnews.com/news/local/bill-proposes-jail-time-for-public-school-employees-if-in-possession-of-banned-books/article_97c2f602-c204-11ee-9377-8fc967c1ad48.html

@Mer__edith fyi: article is paywalled.

@jantzen Hm not for me