Re:Police surveilled protests with help from Twitter-affilia...
by titzer on Friday July 10, 2020 @04:33AM
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It's the chilling effect[1] of both mass, pervasive and targeted surveillance.
This has a specific legal definition which is complex and not going to be communicated in a hackernews comment, but if you want to dig deeper,
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilling_effect
Pro tip: pretend like your free speech is out of favor with the current extremist government.
Oppose tyranny.
Tell me: which constitutional rights are violated by the police reading your public twitter feed?
> Yes! You either believe in free speech and freedom of assembly or you don't. If these groups are a clear and present danger, show probable cause already. If they aren't, counter-protest, shame them, embarrass them, whatever.
And how are you supposed to obtain probable cause, if you cannot even read people's public twitter feeds? Can you read their public websites? Their leaflets? What kind of research exactly is the FBI allowed to do on these groups?