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[ NNSquad ] UK Prime Minister calls for vast social media censorship
UK Prime Minister calls for vast social media censorship
http://j.mp/o310np (Atlantic)
"Cameron's proposed interference in social media in the name of
security provoked instant reaction online. The Globe and Mail's
Doug Saunders called the suggestion "draconian," Vanity Fair
contributor Emma Gilbey Keller deemed it "ominous," and online
activist Jim Killock labeled it a potential attack on free
speech. Others wondered how authorities would even go about
detecting impending violence online. Twitter users in the
Middle East, where regimes are cracking down on Internet use to
quash uprisings, were also unhappy. Cameron "will now be the
most cited reference by all despots clamping down on social
media," wrote one Syrian activist."
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Nor can he succeed in effectively censoring people's use of social
media, without shutting down the phone and data networks. He may be
able to drive such activities underground, however, and would indeed
place the UK on the same page as various despots around the world.
--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren
Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org
Founder:
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