We’ll tell suspects they’re on spy radar, says Twitter: Arrogance of social media bosses who vow to sabotage fight against terrorism by James Slack.
From the post:
Twitter will ‘tip off’ terror suspects and criminals if the security services ask for information about them, a bombshell report reveals.
The social media giant will keep an investigation secret only if compelled to do so by a court, Britain’s terror watchdog found.
It is one of a string of US tech companies which have decided that – in the wake of the Edward Snowden leaks – customer ‘privacy’ and protecting their ‘brand’ takes priority.
Twitter said its policy was to ‘notify users of requests for their account information, which includes a copy of the request, prior to disclosure unless we are prohibited from doing so’.
The astonishing revelations come in a report by David Anderson QC, warning that MI5, MI6, GCHQ and the police are losing their ability to electronically track terrorists and criminals.
In other developments:
- MI5 warned that Britain was facing an ‘unprecedented’ threat from Islamist fanatics trained overseas.
- A political row broke out over whether judges or the Home Secretary should sign surveillance warrants. It emerged that Theresa May had personally granted approval for 2,345 intrusive spying missions last year.
- US traitor Snowden was condemned for undermining British national security.
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Well, it is the Daily Mail. Yes?
It wasn’t that many years ago that there were actual acts of terrorism in the UK and while the government acted repressively, it wasn’t nearly as extreme as it is today. And not nearly as repressive as the Daily Mail would apparently like to see. Perhaps you aren’t old enough to remember the “troubles” in Northern Ireland.
Slack must be writing in hopes of being hired by one of the Republican candidates for the US presidency. His work has the strident, disconnected from reality tone that Republicans like so much.
If that sounds harsh, consider that the danger from terrorists in the UK is the equivalent of the danger for being stung to death by bees. THE TERRORISM ACTS IN 2011.
Terrorist fear mongering is just a way to drive demand for more government funding for security services. In other words, you wallet is in immediate danger from the “war” on terrorism. You personally? Not so much.