Gaming companies are sharing gamers’ user information with the government to root out so-called domestic violent extremists.

Billionaire Socialist azan coming to the defence of gamers.

“All I can think of is the awful track record of the FBI when it comes to identifying extremism,” Hasan Piker, a popular Twitch streamer who often streams while playing video games under the handle HasanAbi, says of the mechanisms. “They’re much better at finding vulnerable teenagers with mental disabilities to take advantage of.”

  • GinAndJuche@hexbear.netMEnglish
    17·
    8 months ago

    The thread on pcgamer linking this has tons of people talking about Snowden and rejecting the “China bad” narrative to talk about stuff like “I’m so glad they are banning TikTok to avoid the youth learning this stuff” and “boy oh boy, I’m so happy my own government is putting me lists and they only care about TikTok”.

    Place is usually reactionary as fuck

    • GrouchyGrouse [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
      9·
      8 months ago

      I saw that too. This particular comment made me chuckle:

      "Not surprised to see this dumb subreddit on this dumpster fire of a website supporting this, because they think its going to take out their personal political enemies.

      Truly a pro gamer moment."

      Pleasant surprise.