DHS allows surveillance based on sexual orientation. Reddit's privacy moderators ban any mention of it
Case 1
Moderator carrotcypher says "removed for paywall." When asked about which rule this breaks, receives no response. The post is then locked.
Case 2
Same as the first, except this time there is no paywall - the link is to a freely accessible advocate.com page.
It is censored with no explanation.
Case 3
Same as Case 2, moderators censor the post and leave no explanation.
Case 4
This one is finally given a removal reason: a rule that does not exist in the sidebar, and seems to have nothing to do with the post ("Your post has been removed for being too specific to a company or single product.")
But in a censored comment, the OP of the post says they received a different removal reason:
This time, other people notice the censorship and the nonsensical nature of the official removal reason.
Since this removal, there has been no further post of this news in r/privacy. Sources tell me the moderators refuse to explain their decision.
DHS quietly axes ban on surveillance based on LGBTQ identity
The DHS quietly updated its policy manual earlier this month, removing LGBTQ+ identities from the section prohibiting surveillance based solely on immutable characteristics.Ryan Adamczeski (Advocate.com)
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NoxAstrum
in reply to LWD • • •LWD
in reply to LWD • • •Carrotcypher is one of the moderators of the FOSStodon server.
hub.fosstodon.org/team/
Carrotcypher also moderates over 50 other subreddits, and is often the top active moderator on them. Here are some of those subreddits, from most to less popular:
I presume the FOSStodon admins, as well as some of the moderators in the subreddits that aren't fully taken over, are not aware of this activity.
Here are some other assorted notes:
The Team | Fosstodon Hub
hub.fosstodon.org野麦さん
in reply to LWD • • •Snot Flickerman
in reply to LWD • • •Well I know which Mastodon server I'm blocking now. I feel like I should bring this to @ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone's attention because I can see this person from the blahaj.zone Sharkey instance (have since blocked carrotcypher and muted fosstodon).
Perhaps you would consider block fosstodon.org as a whole, Ada? Thank you for your consideration.
marauding_gibberish142
in reply to LWD • • •andypiper
in reply to LWD • • •kbal
in reply to LWD • • •Sunshine (she/her)
in reply to LWD • • •Typical powertripping reddit mods keeping crucial information hidden. There’s so many moderators on reddit who permanently ban you if you post vegan positive articles.
It looks like !privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com is your new home.
Unruffled [they/them]
in reply to LWD • • •prole
in reply to LWD • • •db0
in reply to LWD • • •Ganbat
in reply to LWD • • •PTB, they've been on this comm before for this exact behavior. They're not interested in privacy, only propaganda.
I've sent the FOSStodon admins proof of this fuckhead's evil behavior before. If they're still in power there, it's only reasonable to assume that FOSStodon is accepting of this behavior.
In fact, if you Google "FOSStodon Elon Musk," an interesting trend appears. Anything I clicked that was critical of Musk and posted to the instance this year was deleted...
LWD
in reply to Ganbat • • •Holy shit. Can you provide some examples?
Carrotcypher freaks out about any anti-Musk article in any subreddit he doesn't control, and many he does, but I didn't think the moderation was happening behind the scenes on FOSSTodon too. Which is especially reprehensible because the creators, admins, and other mods of FOSSTodon all seem pretty resolute in condemning Musk before he went full fascist.
I noticed this stuff was more measured before mid January (almost right around the Trump inauguration) but it's started expanding pretty rapidly. Maybe I need to put in a little extra legwork and figure out which news sites are being auto-censored based on his personal opinions faster than I had anticipated.
Unddit
undelete.pullpush.ioGanbat
in reply to LWD • • •Well, there is a problem with this idea, admittedly. All the missing posts are from one user, @AkaSci@fosstodon.org
At the same time, however, it doesn't look like he suddenly became a Musk fan, so...
There's also no archive of these apart from Google's previews.
AkaSci 🛰️: "Inside Elon Musk's War on Wash…"
Feb 7, 2025 — One of the Project 2025 lead authors, Russell Vought, said in a speech 2 years ago that he wanted civil servants to be “traumatically affected”
AkaSci 🛰️: Feb 22, 2025 — Other astronauts are speaking out against Elon Musk and offering their opinions on his character or rather the lack thereof.
AkaSci 🛰️: Mar 10, 2025 — Elon now claims that the cy
... Show more...Well, there is a problem with this idea, admittedly. All the missing posts are from one user, @AkaSci@fosstodon.org
At the same time, however, it doesn't look like he suddenly became a Musk fan, so...
There's also no archive of these apart from Google's previews.
AkaSci 🛰️: "Inside Elon Musk's War on Wash…"
Feb 7, 2025 — One of the Project 2025 lead authors, Russell Vought, said in a speech 2 years ago that he wanted civil servants to be “traumatically affected”
AkaSci 🛰️: Feb 22, 2025 — Other astronauts are speaking out against Elon Musk and offering their opinions on his character or rather the lack thereof.
AkaSci 🛰️: Mar 10, 2025 — Elon now claims that the cyberattack on X was launched by Ukraine. Without much proof. He indicated that the IP addresses came from Ukraine.
This is the only Elon-critical post from this user that comes up on Google and hasn't been deleted:
fosstodon.org/@AkaSci/11283844…
EDIT: I contacted AkaSci, and he informed me that he more than likely did delete those posts, as "I tend to delete old posts that are political or news related." So it seems there's no evidence his abuses have leaked onto FOSStodon yet.
AkaSci 🛰️ (@AkaSci@fosstodon.org)
FosstodonAkaSci 🛰️
2025-02-22 19:58:30
LWD
in reply to LWD • • •Rip. Fair.
The Fedilore Otter 🦦
2025-04-07 16:00:32
Sunshine (she/her)
in reply to LWD • • •