[governance] Warrantless Surveillance?: Gov't Subpoenas OWS Activist's Twitter Records

[Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro]

On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 10:05 PM, Riaz K Tayob <riaz.tayob at gmail.com> wrote:

>  Why are you surprised that this would happen in the US? Surely you did
> not get caught up in the right and left wing US exceptionalism on this list?
>
lol

>
> There is the Patriot Act and numerous other violations... including
> getting access to SWIFT data on almost every international financial
> transaction as well as phone operators being let off the hook for not
> protecting their USers phone records etc etc... when there are double
> standards applied to the likes of the US vs the debates on China we see the
> ugliness of civil society and the scholasticism of reason...
>
The numerous treaties in place enables extraordinary cross border access to
information that encroaches privacy etc. Question is, how much is being
whittled away and at what pace?

>
> Things are changing now on this list, but Critical Internet Resources
> under the "control" of more transparent/accountable bodies may be a useful
> approach..
>

I agree. Be good for you to suggest this on the threads in relation to the
MAG consultation so they can factor it into their planning.

> but then as NOW the computer professional jingoism will come into play -
> if it ain't broke don't fix it...
>
> On 2012/02/23 11:57 AM, Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro wrote:
>
> omg seriously subpeonaing twitter...and in the US too, the world is really
> going topsy turvy.
>
> On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 9:47 PM, Riaz K Tayob <riaz.tayob at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>>   Published on Wednesday, February 22, 2012 by Common Dreams<http://www.commondreams.org>
>> Warrantless Surveillance?: Gov't Subpoenas OWS Activist's Twitter Records
>> Malcolm Harris: Subpoena dangerous because it might "produce a chilling
>> effect and discourage people from using Twitter while protesting."
>> - Common Dreams staff
>>
>
>


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