FCC Investigates SF Radio Station for ICE Reporting, Sparking Press Freedom Fears
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr said the agency is investigating San Francisco-based KCBS for its coverage of immigration enforcement actions in San José.
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Oh this isn't punitive and retaliatory at all.
Oh, they are going after the free press already? Wasn't that planned for later, i.e. next month?
My job outside the US doesn't start until September. They're pushing the pace and I'd like to make it out under the wire.
After the raids on free press agencies start, it's not long before they get into more general suppression of the populace since there's fewer modes to communicate about their abuses.
This just makes me think meshtastic found a perfect purpose.
Sadly a lot of the Meshtastic folks are libertarian HAM enthusiasts that lean heavily right wing. I’ve seen MAGA messages on our southern CA mesh quite frequently. Don’t really trust the people on there.
Sounds like that may be a locale issue, I haven't seen anything remotely maga (and some leftist stuff, by which I mean there is at least one person who gives away the garden goodies, which is not something I'd think of as a right wing option).
Or maybe my area is the weird one, I dont know.
Any experience putting out a node out there?
Yup, just two good hits for me, and I have to get different hardware. It was more or less cobbled together using hw I had with a different purpose I temp set up to try it.
I'm thinking of getting a T-Deck, and maybe repurposing a pi zero I have to be a relay (which would improve reception around town rather than relying on the relay in the neighboring city)
Maybe a meshtastic to matrix relay, or using a public mqtt broker or something for this sort of information to be distributed? Considering the information here, meshtastic seems a great fit.