Some of you protesting are far too into publicly posting identifiable pics and videos of folks in protest crowds without good reason.

If you brought a camera to the protest point it at the authorities, not your compatriots. Document and publicize incidents of abuse, but don't facilitate your fellow protestors being identified and punished for showing up. Assume every face you post will be recognized and catalogued. They're not there to be your photo op.

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@Rob_T_Firefly God this kind of "protest safety advice" is getting so irritating. If you are going to a publicly advertised protest, ASSUME it will be photographed by press, law enforcement and random people, extensively. Moralising about posting pics on social media does zero to improve anyone's safety. Absolutely zip.

@tomw @Rob_T_Firefly I think protesters from Russia and Belarus will disagree with you. Cops here heavily using the photos from _peaceful_ protests (even from social networks) and face recognition to find and attack protesters _after_ the event. They ever send "covert agents" with cameras right to the crowd to make a photos of peoples' faces.

Latest events in the US reminds me a lot these events that happened here a lot of time ago. So, "better safe than sorry"🤷‍♂️

@evgandr @Rob_T_Firefly Yes, but even if you believe things are going to go fully authoritarian in that way, the authorities can and will take their own photos, as you point out. So "don't post photos" still does not protect anybody.