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

[Sonia H.]

Thank you for sharing this Ayden!

On Friday, 12 August 2016, Ayden Férdeline <icann at ferdeline.com> 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
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','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+Férdeline+SOI>
>


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Sonia
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