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British Police Use Facebook to Gather Evidence
Amy Bennett writes "Move over police scanner and most-wanted poster. The Greater Manchester Police force has created a Facebook application to collect leads for investigations. The application delivers a real-time feed of police news and appeals for information. A 'Submit Intelligence' link takes a Facebook user to the police Web site where they can anonymously submit tips. Another link leads to the videos on YouTube featuring information on the police force, ongoing investigations and other advisories." As reader groschke writes, though, "Their access to user data raises significant civil liberties problems. They may be able to see more of your data than your friends or network members can — and you also expose your friends' data when you add the application. All without needing a subpoena or warrant."
Since this is obviously suppose to be about helping the police catch criminals, I fail to see the problem here..
Hmm... Facebook will need some new options in a few of their option boxes:
Seargent Smith, please indicate how you know Mr. Badguy:
( ) We went to school together
( ) We hooked up
(x) I arresed him on felony charges
I hate printers.
The police already tried this on MySpace. All they found were glittery ponies.
TELEPHONE TRANSCRIPT:
Victim: Burglars have been at my house and it's been ransacked and my five year old daughter has been kidnapped!
Police officer: Hold on, how do you spell your name again *tap tap tap tap* .. oh wait, Google's working now.. whew!...
Victim: There's blood on the kitchen floor and..
Police officer: Yeah yeah.. whatever.. oh, I found pictures of your daughter, she was on facebook.
Victim: Facebook?
Police officer: But I'm afraid we have no leads. She hasn't used her facebook account for a while.. oh well, sorry about that.
Victim: So when am I going to see a police officer?
Police officer: Well you can chat to me online.. do you have Yahoo?
*CLICK*
Do it yourself, because no one else will do it yourself. [beta blockade 10-17 Feb]
the claiming of .. the seizing of .. the power .. the Authority .. the RIGHT ..
.. to pass laws .. to the setting of the social standard .. to the setting of the moral standard .. by a so-called democratic process of representational governance ..
.. which in most cases is far less than 50% of the populous .. especially when close to 7% of the living population of america have been incarcerated .. and were Blacks constitute only 12.9 percent of america's total population, but black prisoners account for 46 percent of the total in jail in the nation .. especially with regard to the function of establishing and controlling acceptable social standards by the threat and use of punishment .. with the act of enforcement by the use of overwhelming force and detention .. it is totally arbitrary .. it is elitist ..it is a lie .. it is pure EVIL ..
.. with the creation of criminals the effect .. they are not naturally occurring .. they are made .. with the result being just another form of taxation .. and employment for those who with a predilection and liking for the dominating others ..
.. NOT a moral issue ..
.. needs/requires a certain level of tolerance for non-violent crime .. zero tolerance is not freedom .. non-violent criminals must have a reasonable/fair chance of getting away with the crime .. especially if a society is going to claims any degree of personal freedom .. individual autonomy .. individual freewill .. individual liberty .. the RIGHT of self determination ..
.. all concepts of ownership .. of a desired standard or level of social behaviour .. is purely a legal/conceptual issue .. it is not a moral issue .. is purely abstract .. if the criminals do not have a fighting chance to succeed .. if the odds are to great on side of enforcement by the use of overwhelming force and detention ..
..
.. not mindless hunger for violence and blood lust .. but total intellectual slavery ..
.. when in fact there is none ..
to enact legislation
established by a simple majority
outlawing naturally occurring and predisposed human behaviours is the cause of crime
it is purely a legal issue
a so called free and healthy society
without an organized religious/moral framework or construct
then we are/have become completely and totally enslaved to and by an arbitrary standard of social behavior and have left behind any ability and or RIGHT to claim any degree or capacity for individuals to exercise their freewill
zombies in the truest sense of the word
only an intellectual claim too freedom