This sounds really, really wrong.
On Friday, Julian Assange‘s WikiLeaks revealed plans to possibly create a dossier of sensitive information on Twitter‘s verified accounts. Verified accounts typically belong to celebrities, high-ranking officials, and other people of prominence.
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As for what info would be included in the index, the organization cited “family/job/financial/housing relationships.” The group explained they’d use the data to create a “metric to understand influence networks based on proximity graphs.”
Hmmm…
In response to the announcement, Twitter FLIPPED OUT and slammed WikiLeaks for its hypocrisy.
You can see a couple of examples (below):
[ 2013 ]
NSA: We made a database of everyone.
Wikileaks: THIS IS AN OUTRAGE!
[ 2017 ]
Wikileaks: We’re gonna make a database of everyone.
— Graham Sutherland (@gsuberland) January 6, 2017
@Peaveygrl I’ve always supported wikileaks, but having blind support is dumb. online stalkers and harassers can and will abuse this database
— The Hermit King (@The_Hermit_King) January 6, 2017
Well said!
So, what do YOU think of the announcement?
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