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To give people a sense of how such capabilities are likely to be used: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DSMA-Notice https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DSMA-Notice: In
by rbecker 6y ago
To give people a sense of how such capabilities are likely to be used: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DSMA-Notice https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DSMA-Notice:
In June 2013, a DA-Notice was issued asking the media to refrain from running stories on the US PRISM surveillance programme, and on British involvement therein.
In October 2013, Prime Minister David Cameron made a veiled threat to newspapers over NSA and GCHQ leaks, stating in Parliament that the government might use "injunctions or D-notices or the other tougher measures" to restrain publication of leaked classified information if newspapers did not voluntarily stop publishing them.
- DiogenesKynikos 6y agoI recall when GCHQ forced The Guardian to destroy hard drives containing materials leaked by Snowden: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jan/31/footage-released-guardian-editors-snowden-hard-drives-gchq https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jan/31/footage-rele.... Giving intelligence agencies more power over the media and speech is an alarming idea.
- bananapear 6y agoGCHQ apparently forced them to destroy several laptops using an angle grinder (video in the link) while agents watched. Really wouldn’t fancy breathing in all the dust/fumes created, likely full of heavy metals.