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EXPERT: TSA PLAN TO SCRUTINIZE SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS OF TRAVELERS “DISTURBING”
Privacy expert Joe McNamee warns that a proposed plan by the TSA to scrutinize travelers’ social media posts is a “disturbing” threat to freedom of speech.
A potential change to the federal agency’s PreCheck program would involve collecting data from an individual’s blog posts and social media comments before determining whether they are a security risk. Purchase history would also potentially be one of the criteria used to determine a traveler’s threat level.
Once the measure is implemented, it wouldn’t be out of the question to see it imposed on all flyers.
McNamee, Executive Director of European Digital Rights, warned that the measure could lead to travelers self-censoring or even amending their purchase habits so as not to arouse suspicion.
“This is very disturbing from a free speech perspective,” he said. “It will be logical for anyone that is planning to rely on the TSA for any purpose to carefully self-censor any statement — or even any purchase — that could be misinterpreted and raise a flag as to their acceptability.”
“The amount of surveillance of online activities has already caused significant damage to free speech,” added McNamee, noting that the measure would also vacuum up a lot of “useless” data that wouldn’t even be pertinent to a security check...
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EXPERT: TSA PLAN TO SCRUTINIZE SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS OF TRAVELERS “DISTURBING”
Privacy expert Joe McNamee warns that a proposed plan by the TSA to scrutinize travelers’ social media posts is a “disturbing” threat to freedom of speech.
A potential change to the federal agency’s PreCheck program would involve collecting data from an individual’s blog posts and social media comments before determining whether they are a security risk. Purchase history would also potentially be one of the criteria used to determine a traveler’s threat level.
Once the measure is implemented, it wouldn’t be out of the question to see it imposed on all flyers.
McNamee, Executive Director of European Digital Rights, warned that the measure could lead to travelers self-censoring or even amending their purchase habits so as not to arouse suspicion.
“This is very disturbing from a free speech perspective,” he said. “It will be logical for anyone that is planning to rely on the TSA for any purpose to carefully self-censor any statement — or even any purchase — that could be misinterpreted and raise a flag as to their acceptability.”
“The amount of surveillance of online activities has already caused significant damage to free speech,” added McNamee, noting that the measure would also vacuum up a lot of “useless” data that wouldn’t even be pertinent to a security check...
Read More:
Expert TSA Plan to Scrutinize Social Media Posts of Travelers 8220 Disturbing 8221 Alex Jones Infowars There s a war on for your mind