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Facebook Helps Israel Blacklist Air Travellers
Jeremiah Cornelius writes "According to a report by the Associated Press, protesters have been stopped in their tracks after Facebook aided Israel in cracking down on the group of activists from the UK, France, and Belgium who planned their event using the popular social networking site. Facebook allowed government agents to track the activists activities and then create a black-list of people who participated in the planning of the protests. The black-listed group was then forwarded to airlines with instructions to prevent the activists from boarding air flights to Israel. Over 200 activists were prevented from flying after being added to the airlines terrorism watch list, according the the AP report. Was Julian Assange correct, when he warned that Facebook was a giant, 'appalling spy machine'?"
Facebook is in routine use by various "authorities " to profile people. So why not the Israelis?
And in other news. Bears shit in woods.
Most groups in Facebook are public by default. They are also public to those who belong to the group. So they didn't have to do any super-spy type thing. It's the users of the group who left themselves out in the open.
At least they didn't just let the protesters get there and gun them down. This is surprisingly restrained behaviour from the Israeli government.
There's a difference between facebook actively aiding Israel officials, and those officials viewing the members of a facebook group. Maybe not planning activities in a publicly-viewable setting would have helped these people?
Police, officials, whatever, viewing publicly-accessible information posted on social media sites is a Good Thing, occasionally. If you don't _want_ it viewed, don't post it publicly [and please note, I don't mean, don't post it online. Some medium of privacy should be expected, and the summary and my [brief] skim of TFA didn't say this was privacy violation in any way].
disruptions, and told their friends."
Sounds like they bragged in public, using their own names. And nothing more.
It's shit like this, Slashdot...
Maybe you should look into the work of some Jews like Noam Chomsky, in case you think being a Jew inherently makes you a supporter of Israels policies.
Equating being a Jew with being pro Israel comes off as racist.
How come this is not modded informative but -1?
Since the end of WW2, saying negative things about Jews will get you in trouble. Luckily for him the worst punishment here is a downmod.
They SHOT and KILLED 8 protestors on a boat in international waters, they even shot protestors across the border in Syria recently, so I think these protestors stopped at the airport got off lightly.
Really, it's just a murderous state, USA should NOT be paying it $2.5 billion a year to them, the CIA should be blocking all those donations from Israeli linked companies to US politicians, and USA should be extracting itself from links to that regime.
It doesn't need the bases there anymore, it can't afford to subsidise them when it can't pay its bills at home, and the way they funnel money into the US political machine is against the law too. Yet nothing is done about it, the money flows into politics, so the politicians turn a blind eye to what Israel does and just keeps sending them the check each year.
No questions asked too, unlike other countries the money isn't traceable. It magically disappears into Israels military machine, and Israeli linked USA companies magically have a lot of money to spend in political donations.
"These people announced on their Internet sites that they planned to come here and cause disruptions, and told their friends."
Sounds like they bragged in public, using their own names. And nothing more.
What's the difference between this and what happened during the 1960's when people wanted to see Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speak and were turned away?
Care killed the cat, but satisfaction brought it back.
My point wasn't regarding the politics. It was that Slashdot blatantly distorted the article to manufacture a sensationalist headline.
You do not need facebook, you need a life!
I suppose we need to get off your lawn while we're at it.
Seriously dude, last decade it was "You don't need Myspace, you need a life" before that it was "You don't need email, you need a life" and before that it was "You don't need the internet, you need a life" and before that it was "you don't need AOL, you need a life" and before that it was "you don't need video games, you need a life" and before that it was "you don't need TV, you need a life" and before that it was "You don't need a radio, you need a life" and before that it was "you don't need telegraph, you need a life" and before that it was "you don't need the post office, you need a life" and before that it was "you don't need books, you need a life" and before that it was "you don't need the theater, you need a life" and before that it was...
We get it. You don't like it, and so you tell everybody who does use it that they "need a life". Here's an idea, how about instead of Trolling the forums, you go out and follow your own advice for a change?
So, because the situation is now hopelessly fscked up and it's almost impossible to establish cause and effect for all the minor incidents that occur, we should all forget that Palestine was invaded, occupied and settled?
mediocrity rules, man
Sounds like they bragged in public, using their own names. And nothing more.
It's shit like this, Slashdot...
o_O ...And this is is the part where I say you're a moron if you believe I don't use YOUR name, Paul, to brag in public about my anti-copyright protests.
Well, perhaps I don't use your name; Maybe someone else does, and I use some other's name... In reality, without Facebook's Help, how would they verify that the IP addresses posting as Susan Someone really belongs to Susan, and not Jane?
Are you suggesting that they just took the names and added them to the no-fly list without identity verification? Is this not even more outrageous?
Go ahead. Continue to ignore the ease of which I can now use your name online to falsely incriminate you... If you are not outraged now, then maybe you will be when you can't fly, ride a train, get a driver's license, or vote because of something I said or did using your name?
By 'working' do you mean the stripping away of people's civil, moral and legal rights?
If so, I concur.
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Any sufficiently advanced influence is indistinguishable from control.
You are a victim of the Terry Gilliamesque, "Brazil"-style coverage of world events.
Suicide bombing in, the modern era, was introduced and maintained for a couple decades by Hindu Tamil separatists, in Sri Lanka.
The "suicide belt" and "suicide vest" - as well as the use of young women as bombers and blast decoys originate here, and are far more institutionalised and part of ongoing strategy by the Tamil Tigers.
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