Re:Attorney General will ask Zuckerberg to halt plans for en...
by throw0101a on Thursday October 03, 2019 @10:42PM
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> It's a hard sell. Just picture a politician on live television having to choose between having this cute little child being raped for years before they commit suicide (letting the perpetrators off the hook), or ramp up the surveillance a bit. Picture them choosing rape.
This was tried by a Canadian Minister at one point to sell surveillance in this extreme way:
> In February 2012, as Minister, Toews introduced the Protecting Children from Internet Predators Act (also known as Bill C-30).[118][119] The bill, which made no mention of children or "Internet predators" outside of its title,[120] would have granted police agencies expanded powers, mandate that internet service providers (ISPs) provide subscriber information without a warrant and compel providers to reveal information transmitted over their networks with a warrant. When criticised about privacy concerns, Toews responded that people "can either stand with us or with the child pornographers."[121]
This was tried by a Canadian Minister at one point to sell surveillance in this extreme way:
> In February 2012, as Minister, Toews introduced the Protecting Children from Internet Predators Act (also known as Bill C-30).[118][119] The bill, which made no mention of children or "Internet predators" outside of its title,[120] would have granted police agencies expanded powers, mandate that internet service providers (ISPs) provide subscriber information without a warrant and compel providers to reveal information transmitted over their networks with a warrant. When criticised about privacy concerns, Toews responded that people "can either stand with us or with the child pornographers."[121]
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vic_Toews#Federal_Minister_of_...
The legislation in question went down in flames as plenty of people sided "with the child pornographers":
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protecting_Children_from_Inter...