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Re:Platforms systematically removed a user because he made "... by semiquaver on Tuesday January 14, 2025 @02:19PM (#42702350) 

  > literally mechanisms of de-personing
A person is not the same thing as their social media account. “Literally de-personing” is usually called murder and is already illegal.
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Re:Platforms systematically removed a user because he made "... by mschuster91 on Tuesday January 14, 2025 @02:44PM (#42702734)
They are referring to 1984 where any hints on your existence got erased from public knowledge. And I think that there are a few cases where that happened in real life as well, IIRC under Stalin.
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