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Ah, just get back to your porn, sports, reality tv, and stuffing your faces. Ya dumb fat Americans. Sorry to interrupt. Nothing to see here. Have a nice day. 
EXPERT: TSA PLAN TO SCRUTINIZE SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS OF TRAVELERS āDISTURBINGā
Privacy expert Joe McNamee warns that a proposed plan by the TSA to scrutinize travelersā social media posts is a ādisturbingā threat to freedom of speech.
A potential change to the federal agencyās PreCheck program would involve collecting data from an individualās 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 travelerās threat level.
Once the measure is implemented, it wouldnāt 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.
āThis is very disturbing from a free speech perspective,ā he said. āIt will be logical for anyone that is planning to rely on the TSA for any purpose to carefully self-censor any statement ā or even any purchase ā that could be misinterpreted and raise a flag as to their acceptability.ā
āThe amount of surveillance of online activities has already caused significant damage to free speech,ā added McNamee, noting that the measure would also vacuum up a lot of āuselessā data that wouldnāt even be pertinent to a security check...
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EXPERT: TSA PLAN TO SCRUTINIZE SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS OF TRAVELERS āDISTURBINGā
Privacy expert Joe McNamee warns that a proposed plan by the TSA to scrutinize travelersā social media posts is a ādisturbingā threat to freedom of speech.
A potential change to the federal agencyās PreCheck program would involve collecting data from an individualās 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 travelerās threat level.
Once the measure is implemented, it wouldnāt 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.
āThis is very disturbing from a free speech perspective,ā he said. āIt will be logical for anyone that is planning to rely on the TSA for any purpose to carefully self-censor any statement ā or even any purchase ā that could be misinterpreted and raise a flag as to their acceptability.ā
āThe amount of surveillance of online activities has already caused significant damage to free speech,ā added McNamee, noting that the measure would also vacuum up a lot of āuselessā data that wouldnāt 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