‘Your Facebook and Twitter Accounts, Please’ =?UTF-8?Q?=3A_?=A Dangerous Proposal from U.S. Customs and Border Protection

[matthew shears]

Thanks for raising Ayden!  Yes, encourage folks to join the effort.


On 12/08/2016 16:37, Ayden Férdeline wrote:
> Hi,
>
> This is perhaps outside of the NCSG's activities, but I agree with you 
> that this is a very problematic proposal. The Center for Democracy & 
> Technology has published a blog post outlining why this is a terrible 
> idea, along with some actions you can take if you also disagree with 
> the notion that entering a country under a visa-waiver programme 
> should entail turning over access to your social media handles:
>
> https://cdt.org/blog/your-chance-to-say-no-to-proposed-social-media-questioning-on-us-customs/
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Ayden
>
> On Thu, Aug 11, 2016 4:41 AM, Poomjit Sirawongprasert 
> poomjit at GMAIL.COM <mailto:poomjit at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
>     Hi,
>
>     U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) wants to begin asking
>     foreign visitors to the United States for their social media
>     accounts. This proposal threatens not only the free speech rights
>     of foreign visitors, but also those of their families and anyone
>     who’s spoken with them via social media.
>
>     http://www.freepress.net/blog/2016/08/10/a-dangerous-proposal-from-us-customs-and-border-protection
>
>     That's what Thailand has done, too.
>
>     Poomjit
>
>
> Ayden Férdeline
> Statement of Interest 
> <https://community.icann.org/display/gnsosoi/Ayden+F%C3%A9rdeline+SOI>
>

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Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT)
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