r/technology Feb 17 '25

Social Media X is blocking links to Signal

https://www.theverge.com/news/613997/x-blocks-signal-me-links-errors
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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '25

Oh signal is for sure going to be targeted soon, “they are doing illegal things on it, must be banned” = can’t have the proletariat be talking to each other in a way we can’t monitor.

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u/jameslosey Feb 17 '25

I doubt it, unless the administration finds an alternative for their own use. The first Trump administration found uses for signal to avoid records of their own communications such as for communications around January 6.

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u/Spaduf Feb 17 '25

The military also uses signal for some official communication. They certainly have the ability to roll their own and it's likely the fascists would just move there.

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u/EuenovAyabayya Feb 17 '25

Most MIL uses of it are off-book, though.

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u/Spaduf Feb 17 '25

Not in the guard. Not sure about otherwise.