Discussion

• @mtgreenee Marjorie Taylor Greene on x

  How dare the peasants complain about data centers stealing their water and driving the cost of electricity!! How dare the peasants complain AI will replace their jobs!! The peasants are dangerous extremists if they don't shut up and comply!!

• @mikenellis Mike Nellis on x

  Oh good, they've invented another type of terrorist

• @drboguslaw Daniel Boguslaw on x

  BREAKING: The federal government is targeting Anti-AI and data center activists. They are formulating a new threat category: anti-tech violent extremism. Full article in replies. [image]

• Steven Renderos Steven Renderos on linkedin

  WIRED dropped a story this morning that should sound familiar to anyone who's ever been deemed an enemy of the state. …

• @telliotter Vittoria Elliott on bluesky

  DHS may have a new designation for those who have a problem with AI, data centers, or the harms of the tech industry: anti-tech extremists.  —  www.wired.com/story/us-law...

• @halfrobot.com @halfrobot.com on bluesky

  Main takeaways:  — social media's getting scraped to infer what people are angry enough to burn down, e.g. data centers  — The Zizians really freaked out the threat analysts  — also, commencement speeches -> protests?  — Therefore imaginary anti-AI eco-terrorist bombers …

• @henryhenryhenry.com Colin M. Henry on bluesky

  snapshot of one of the reasons I got out of extremism studies  —  www.wired.com/story/us-law...

• @jessefelder.com Jesse Felder on bluesky

  “The chaotic atmosphere that may result from emergent AI technology in the next five years may fuel large-scale protests that devolve into civil unrest and anti-tech violent extremist activity.” www.wired.com/story/us-law...

• @onekade @onekade on bluesky

  Initially formed in the wake of 9/11, to address a problem that did not exist, fusion centers have prioritized spying on anyone who challenges the political or economic status quo. www.wired.com/story/us-law...

• @vortexegg.com @vortexegg.com on bluesky

  Being against this is, of course, “anti-tech extremism” [embedded post]

• @evangreer Evan Greer on bluesky

  if i'm not on both the gender ideology extremist list AND the anti tech extremist list i will throw a fit [embedded post]

• @jaredlholt Jared Holt on bluesky

  WIRED got a copy of a New York Intelligence and Counterterrorism Bureau report that has a curious term for opposition to AI development and data centers: “anti-tech violent extremist activity.”  —  Great reporting here on how law enforcement is tracking big tech opponents  —  www…

• @couts Andrew Couts on bluesky

  NEW: “Anti-tech extremism” is now actively being monitored by US law enforcement as frustration over AI and data centers percolate across the country, according to records obtained by @wired.com. @drboguslaw.bsky.social has the scoop.  No paywall bc FOIA www.wired.com/story/us-la…

• @hypervisible.blacksky.app @hypervisible.blacksky.app on bluesky

  “As people continue to organize for a better future, we're likely to see more surveillance and criminalization of this opposition, just as we have of Black Lives Matter, Occupy Wall Street, and environmental movements in recent decades...”

• @metacurity.com Cynthia Brumfield on bluesky

  The Trump administration is targeting individuals who express dismay over the ill effects of AI under an executive order designed to target “anti-American,” “anti-Christian,” and “anti-capitalism” beliefs.  —  www.wired.com/story/us-law...

• r/TrueAnon r on reddit

  The feds are now going to war for AI against what they are calling “anti-tech violent extremism.”

• r/singularity r on reddit

  US Law Enforcement Warns of ‘Anti-Tech Extremism’ as AI Hatred Grows

• r/accelerate r on reddit

  US Law Enforcement Warns of ‘Anti-Tech Extremism’ as AI Hatred Grows

• r/aiwars r on reddit

  The federal government is targeting Anti-AI and data center activists.  They are formulating a new threat category: anti-tech violent extremism.

• r/technology r on reddit

  US Law Enforcement Warns of ‘Anti-Tech Extremism’ as AI Hatred Grows

• r/politics r on reddit

  US Law Enforcement Warns of ‘Anti-Tech Extremism’ as AI Hatred Grows