[governance] Caution on Twitter urged as tourists barred from US
Carlos A. Afonso
ca at cafonso.ca
Tue Jan 31 11:31:38 EST 2012
... or with shovels (which incidentally of course weren't there)?? The
limits of idiocy... are there any limits?
--c.a.
On 01/31/2012 02:21 PM, Koven Ronald wrote:
> Dear Wolfgang --
>
>
> The problem is that the Homeland Security people can't seem to tell the difference between "crying fire in a crowded theater," which is not protected by the 1st Amdmt. and a genuinely funny or unfunny attempt to be humorous. Given 9/11, can they really be blamed for erring on the side of not laughing ?
>
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> I really hate what we now must go thru to get on a plane, but I might not even be around to hate it if someone got on a plane with a bomb. So I'd rather just keep the hating to myself.
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> Bests, Rony
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> gang" <wolfgang.kleinwaechter at medienkomm.uni-halle.de>
> To: governance <governance at lists.igcaucus.org>; Riaz K Tayob <riaz.tayob at gmail.com>
> Sent: Tue, Jan 31, 2012 5:00 pm
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> 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
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> Caution on Twitter urged as tourists barred from US
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> Post-9/11 USA is highly cautious of any perceived threat, Abta said
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>
> 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
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> 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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