Facebook un-friends protesters

[marmar]

A partnership between police departments and social media sites discussed at a convention in Philadelphia this week could allow law enforcement to keep anything deemed criminal off the Internet—and even stop people from organizing protests.

A high-ranking official from the Chicago Police Department told attendees at a law enforcement conference on Monday that his agency has been working with a security chief at Facebook to block certain users from the site “if it is determined they have posted what is deemed criminal content,” reports Kenneth Lipp, an independent journalist who attended the lecture.

Lipp reported throughout the week from the International Association of Chiefs of Police conference, and now says that a speaker during one of the presentations suggested that a relationship exists between law enforcement and social media that that could be considered a form of censorship. ......................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://rt.com/usa/facebook-police-social-lipp-743/

[marmar]

1. Sometimes you kick, sometimes you get kicked......

[cui bono]

2. Wow. I guess they're worried about an American Spring. n/t

[Vashta Nerada]

3. Why would social network sites willing go along with this?

[Jerry442]

4. Right now there's very little downside to doing anything the government asks.

Not until users vote with their feet will the social networking sites show any concern about government overreach in terms of privacy or censorship.

[brooklynite]

5. Quick question -- how many people actually READ the article?

The notion of "stopping people from organizing protests" was never discussed at the conference. It was "speculation" by a completely unaffiliated website.

[silverweb]

6. Good catch.

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[gopiscrap]

7. Fuck this doesn't even sound like USA anymore!