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RE: Steemit, Rise Up. This is a Call to Arms.
The comments on her YT video are disabled so we can't spread the message there.
This is not anything new really. If you post an opinion about any entity that does not have a sense of humor about these things, they will come after you if they can. The advantage of Steemit is that they can't silence a user, but with enough SP they can flag an account into oblivion and reduce visibility that way.
I agree with you that state sponsored harrasment to silent opposition is nothing new. But what is new is the technology that we find in our lives. We have seen first hand in the past few months mass account bans on the largest websites on the net.
It is important to not be desensitized by ongoing oppression and no two things can really be the same.
The internet is/was a platform for EVERYBODY to communicate. It has connected the world. It is also relatively a new technology. So what we are seeing is the weaking control mechanism of tyrants, and they are doing what they can to take that power back.
The ability for individuals to speak freely AND have a platform to do so is the an essential part of keeping power and greed in check.