US feds (DHS, FBI, fusion centers) are now treating "anti-tech extremism" as a domestic threat, per 1000+ leaked docs Wired got via FOIA. The label is so broad it lumps actual violent cults in with peaceful data-center protesters, AI skeptics, and people just speaking up at town halls or on social media. Legal experts warn it's a pipeline to surveil ordinary dissent, same playbook used on BLM, Occupy, and environmental movements.
Wired: US Law Enforcement Warns of 'Anti-Tech Extremism' as AI Hatred Grows
https://www.wired.com/story/us-law-enforcement-warns-of-anti-tech-extremism/
Well, just about any anti- anything extremism would be a domestic threat.
The issues are what they'd consider extreme and how proportionate their responses would be.
Scanning the Wired report, it doesn't look particularly interested in peaceful data-center protests, focusing instead on attacks against data centers, not just speaking up.
