Re:U.S. To Collect Social Media Data on All Immigrants Enter...
by tajen on Friday September 29, 2017 @10:21AM
(#15365484)
Actually the right gets upset rather about censorship and death threats currently, but you might not have seen it in the newspapers (that's what censorship means). I discovered it when James Damore was accused of hate speech and explicitly menaced, and the same happened last week when UC Berkeley launched police investigations for "hate speech" into every student who helped the Free Speech Week on the campus. So, no, people who are supposed to defend your freedom aren't even in a position of weighing for basic rights currently, especially if it's related to Twitter.
Re:U.S. To Collect Social Media Data on All Immigrants Enter...
by vidarh on Friday September 29, 2017 @09:17AM
(#15364958)
> The right gets upset over insurance requirements, hard to imagine a real requirement to have a Twitter account.
The people who are affected are not voting.
EDIT: missed that it affects naturalized citizens too, but see below.
Re:U.S. To Collect Social Media Data on All Immigrants Enter...
by aaron-lebo on Friday September 29, 2017 @09:22AM
(#15364980)
Naturalized citizens vote.
Re:U.S. To Collect Social Media Data on All Immigrants Enter...
by vidarh on Friday September 29, 2017 @09:25AM
(#15365004)
I'd missed that it still affect naturalized citizens too. But by the time they've gained citizenship most of these immigrants will already have given up their information and had a long time to get accustomed to accepting this.
They also not make up nearly a large enough group for it to be likely to have much effect.
Re:U.S. To Collect Social Media Data on All Immigrants Enter...
by aaron-lebo on Friday September 29, 2017 @09:26AM
(#15365017)
You're right. Guess I'm trying to rationalize that something so ridiculous could never happen, but it already is...
Crazy world.
The right gets upset over insurance requirements, hard to imagine a real requirement to have a Twitter account.