Law Enforcement Using Facebook and Apple to Data-Mine Accounts of Trump Protest Arrestees | Alternet
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Law enforcement is compelling Apple and Facebook to hand over the personal information of users who were mass arrested at protests against the inauguration of Donald Trump in Washington, D.C., AlterNet has confirmed. The tech giants appear to be complying with the data-mining requests, amid mounting concerns over the heavy-handed crackdown against the more than 200 people detained on January 20, among them journalists, legal observers and medics.
“This is part of an increasing trend of law enforcement attempting to turn the internet, instead of technology for freedom, into technology for control,” Evan Greer, the campaign director for Fight for the Future, told AlterNet. “This trend started long before Trump and seems to be escalating and growing in scale now."
Lacambra said the investigation raises disturbing questions. “Why is the Department of Justice trying to intrude into the digital lives of people exercising their rights to protest?” she asked. “Is this to intimidate, silence or threaten people for exercising their constitutional rights? When you arrest 230 people, some of whom are medics and legal observers, and try to systematically get to the content of their digital life, that is troubling."
In recent weeks, Republican lawmakers across the country have introduced state-level bills aimed at criminalizing protests. One piece of proposed legislation in Washington state calls for certain acts of civil disobedience to be classified as “economic terrorism.” North Dakota lawmakers introduced a bill that would make it lawful for motorists to hit and kill protesters staging acts of civil disobedience obstructing highways, as long as the cause is “negligence.” The legislation is clearly aimed at the Black Lives Matter movement, which has staged acts of civil disobedience across the country.
"Tech companies are building business models based on collecting large amounts of personal information and then failing to protect that information from the government and others who attempt to access it,” said Greer, who attended the January 20 protests in Washington, D.C. “People should be paying close attention and be concerned.”
Que peut signifier le besoin de disposer d’accès aux informations déposées sur les médias sociaux ou par mail ? On va demander le compte Facebook pour entrer aux État-Unis. Les juges décident « en masse » de fouiller les comptes internet d’activistes (eh oui, il y a bien demande d’un juge...car la collaboration justice/police est aussi une réalité). Espèrent-ils trouver quelque chose ? Je ne crois pas. Mais que cette intimidation soient une manière de montrer qu’on peut entrer dans votre vie privée est une menace. C’est comme si on demandait de se mettre tout nu pour un interrogatoire... la nudité numérique.
Outre que cela vise à mettre mal la personne concernée, cela impacte aussi le réseau des amis... c’était la logique de la police de l’URSS des années 60 contre le Samizdat : plus que l’auteur (irrécupérable), ce sont ses contact qui sont la réelle cible.
