[governance] Caution on Twitter urged as tourists barred from US

Tue Jan 31 11:07:57 EST 2012

Good point, Wolfgang,
probably it is disambiguated, i.e. announced as such e.g. by inverted
commas, or cue cards with "Laugh" on it.

Aldo

2012/1/31 "Kleinwächter, Wolfgang" <
wolfgang.kleinwaechter at medienkomm.uni-halle.de>

> Hi
>
> is "joking" protected by the first amendement of the US constitution and
> part of Article 19 (right to freedom of exression) of the UN Human Rights
> Declaration?
>
> wolfgang
>
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> 31 January 2012 Last updated at 12:51 GMT
>
>
> Caution on Twitter urged as tourists barred from US
>
>  Post-9/11 USA is highly cautious of any perceived threat, Abta said
>
>
> Holidaymakers have been warned to watch their words after two friends were
> refused entry to the US on security grounds after a tweet.
>
> Before his trip, Leigh Van Bryan wrote that he was going to "destroy
> America".
>
> He insisted he was referring to simply having a good time - but was sent
> home.
>
> Trade association Abta told the BBC that the case highlighted that
> holidaymakers should never do anything to raise "concern or suspicion in
> any way".
>
> The US Department for Homeland Security picked up Mr Bryan's messages
> ahead of his holiday in Los Angeles.
>
> The 26-year-old bar manager wrote a message to a friend on the
> micro-blogging service, saying: "Free this week, for quick gossip/prep
> before I go and destroy America."
>
> The Irish national told the Sun newspaper <
> http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4095372/Twitter-news-US-bars-friends-over-Twitter-joke.html>
>  that he and his friend Emily Bunting were apprehended on arrival at Los
> Angeles International Airport before being sent home.
>
> "The Homeland Security agents were treating me like some kind of
> terrorist," Mr Bryan said.
>
> "I kept saying they had got the wrong meaning from my tweet."
>
> No joke
>
> Abta, which represents travel companies in the UK, said holidaymakers need
> to learn to be ultra-cautious when it comes to talking about forthcoming
> trips, particularly after 9/11.
>
> Continue reading the main story <
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16810312#story_continues_2>
>
> "Start Quote
>
>
>        Airport security staff do not have a sense of humour when it comes
> to potential risk"
>
> Abta
>
> "Posting statements in a public forum which could be construed as
> threatening - in this case saying they are going to "destroy" somewhere -
> will not be viewed sympathetically by US authorities," it told the BBC.
>
> "In the past we have seen holidaymakers stopped at airport security for
> 'joking' that they have a bomb in their bag, thoroughly questioned and
> ending up missing their flights, demonstrating that airport security staff
> do not have a sense of humour when it comes to potential risk."
>
> In another tweet, Mr Bryan made reference to comedy show Family Guy saying
> that he would be in LA in three weeks, annoying people "and diggin' Marilyn
> Monroe up".
>
> Mr Bryan told the newspaper that he was questioned for five hours about
> his Twitter messages.
>
> 'Tweeter account'
>
> After the interview, Homeland Security's reported: "Mr Bryan confirmed
> that he had posted on his Tweeter website account that he was coming to the
> United States to dig up the grave of Marilyn Monroe.
>
> "Also on his tweeter account Mr Bryan posted he was coming to destroy
> America."
>
>  Paul Chambers was fined after posting a message about Robin Hood Airport
>
> The US Customs and Border Protection agency said in a statement that it
> tried to maintain a balance between "securing our borders while
> facilitating the high volume of legitimate trade and travel that crosses
> our borders every day".
>
> It added: "We strive to achieve that balance and show the world that the
> United States is a welcoming nation."
>
> Mr Bryan is not the only person to suffer from a misjudged tweet. In
> January 2010, Paul Chambers tweeted that he would blow snow-affected Robin
> Hood Airport in Doncaster "sky high!" if it was not reopened in time for
> him to see his girlfriend.
>
> He was fined £385 plus £2,600 in costs - a sum which actor Stephen Fry
> offered to pay on Mr Chambers' behalf.
>
>
>
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