France pushes for global surveillance France's Government Aims to Give Itself--and the NSA--Carte Blanche to Spy on the World
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/09/frances-government-aims-give-itself-and-nsa-carte-blanche-spy-world By legalizing France's own plans to spy on the rest of the world, France would take a step to establishing the NSA model as an acceptable global norm. Passing the law would undermine France's already weak surveillance protections for its own citizens, including lawyers, journalists and judges. And it would make challenging the NSA's practices far more difficult for France and other states. - - - You'll recall France is also pushing for its "Right To Be Forgotten" censorship to apply globally. ======= Update on Oregon shooter on social media Umpqua Gunman Chris Harper-Mercer Hated Religion Online http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/10/01/umpqua-gunman-id-d-as-chris-harper-mercer.html [THIS IS UNVERIFIED INFORMATION - Lauren] An online dating profile, linked to Harper-Mercer's email address and featuring another photo of him, says the 26-year-old was living with his parents and searching for the "yin to my yang." It identifies his views as "conservative, republican" and lists "organized religion" as one of his "dislikes." ... The MySpace page features a photo of Harper-Mercer holding a gun and smiling into the camera. The profile includes images of pro-Irish Republican Army propaganda. - - - More discussion on my G+ "Social Media Abuse" community: https://plus.google.com/communities/118072993467571740264 --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein ([email protected]): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com Google+: http://google.com/+LaurenWeinstein Twitter: http://twitter.com/laurenweinstein Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com _______________________________________________ pfir mailing list http://lists.pfir.org/mailman/listinfo/pfir
