The Tender For Law

Volume 4

Oct 27, 2013 8:48 PM

Ceit Butler

Partnership between Facebook and police could make planning protests impossible

rt.com

A partnership between police departments and social media sites discussed at a convention in Philadelphia this week could allow law enforcement to keep anything deemed criminal off the Internet�and even stop people from organizing protests.

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Robert Cormier

I recall reading that during the Occupy protests, the phone companies worked with police to thwart the protestors. They (police and phone companies) created zones where messaging/testing abilities were disabled so protestors couldn't communicate/organize. I believe the term for this kind of activity is referred to as "geofencing".