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Is this any more than a way for Twitter to claim the moral high ground while having no actual impact on what these agencies do or if/how they use Twitter's data
by aioprisan 10y ago
Is this any more than a way for Twitter to claim the moral high ground while having no actual impact on what these agencies do or if/how they use Twitter's data?
At the very least they'll use a company like Palantir. Is a third party's use similarly regulated, so that Palantir couldn't simply relay that data themselves?
If not, then this was clearly not thought out (unlikely) or it's been thought out but a choice was made to still allow for that use case (more likely).
- jomamaxx 10y agoIt is not 'taking the moral high ground' to stop intelligent agencies from dutifully doing their jobs of protecting our safety and interests, so long as this is actually the case. I suggest were you to have the opportunity to sit in on Mr. Obama's daily security briefings, you might have your eyes widened as to the scope of the violence that threatens us. In Canada, where I live, our young Prime Minister had a rather negative tone about such things during the election, but the moment he was elected, and had visibility into the actual goings on, he changed his tune pretty quickly and the bills he was supposed to quash will remain intact. Of course, lazy policemen wanting Twitter to do their work for them notwithstanding.
- nl 10y agoIs a third party's use similarly regulated, so that Palantir couldn't simply relay that data themselves? Yes, third part use is regulated by Twitter too. I realize Palantir has demoed similar functionality, but they require you to source your own data subscription.