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

[Paul Rosenzweig]

A couple of small points for those who are following the issue:

 

1)     This is a proposal now, not yet implemented.  The time to comment in opposition is now.  Do so …

2)     The proposal says that the request for social media will be “voluntary.”  So … if it does become law, know your rights and “just say no.”

3)     The risk, of course, is that once in place as voluntary, down the road it gets converted to mandatory.

 

 

Paul

 

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From: NCSG-Discuss [mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Sonia H.
Sent: Friday, August 12, 2016 10:09 PM
To: NCSG-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: ‘Your Facebook and Twitter Accounts, Please’: A Dangerous Proposal from U.S. Customs and Border Protection

 

Thank you for sharing this Ayden!

On Friday, 12 August 2016, Ayden Férdeline <icann at ferdeline.com <mailto: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

 <https://community.icann.org/display/gnsosoi/Ayden+Férdeline+SOI> Statement of Interest



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