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Originally posted by Hefficide
Originally posted by PleiadanString
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What does this say about the OP?
It says the OP was discussing something that, while including Lavabit ( among many other things ), was not specific to it.
Political extremists and terrorists are using the internet as an instrument for radicalisation and recruitment. This report – resulting from the first systematic effort to bring together industry, experts and government on the issue of online radicalisation – examines what can be done by governments, industry and civil society to counter their activities.
The report thus develops concrete proposals for action within
each of the four strands:
•Deterring producers
The selective use of takedowns in conjunction with prosecutions would signal that individuals engaged in online extremism are not beyond the law.
• Empowering online communities
The creation of an Internet Users Panel in order to strengthen reporting mechanisms and complaints procedures would allow users to make their voices heard.
• Reducing the appeal
More attention must be paid to media literacy and a comprehensive approach in this area is badly needed.
• Promoting positive messages
The establishment of an independent start-up fund would provide seed money for grassroots online projects aimed at countering extremism.
Efforts to counter online radicalisation must view new technologies and modes of interaction not as a threat but as an opportunity. Relying on government alone is not sufficient. It is vital to capitalize upon the potential contributions of all stakeholders, including internet companies and internet users.
Originally posted by MichiganSwampBuck
We the people are expected to be "transparent" in our communications or we are considered "terrorists". We can't expect privacy for ourselves, yet the government keeps it's secrets and feeds us legal propaganda? The duplicity is obvious, "Do as we say, not as we do."
I was lead to believe that I was born a "citizen" with rights as such. It was a government by the people, for the people, at least that is the story they told us. I can't possibly believe that anymore. It was propaganda then and it's propaganda now. We have been getting glimpses behind the curtain thanks to the whistle blowers and CT "nuts" and what we have seen is a naked government that is really ugly without its clothes and no make-up on.edit on 15-8-2013 by MichiganSwampBuck because: typo
they're only just now admitting what we've already known for a long time.
Originally posted by PleiadanString
See that is evidence.
The OP didn't mention it though.
I am not shocked about the whole thing because I have been assuming that every bit of information is being monitored, for years anyway.
The "first shot" was fired years ago.
I mean the fact that one would need encryption software to have a secure communication in the first place is just as tellling as this news that they are trying to work around it. It is to be expected.
Posting on an internet forum anything other than agreement with popular pro-government memes these days could potentially cause one to fit withing the defined parameters of either.
If you believe this, why argue with the OP? Meh.....