By: Gladkov Vladimir, Joking on the Internet is not safe anymore. Even if you do this in your own Twitter account. The Joking on the Internet is not safe anymore. Even if you do this in your own Twitter account. The sad example of two British tourists, who, instead of enjoying a vacation trip to Hollywood ended up being arrested, handcuffed and kept under armed guard in a cell with Mexican drug dealers for 12 hours, shows that people should start ‘watching their fingers’ when posting on the internet. A light-hearted twit posted by Leigh Van Bryan, who said that he was going to “destroy America”, destroyed his vacation instead and proved that The Department of Homeland Security doesn’t get jokes.Despite the recent wave of criticism, The Department didn’t even bother to deny scanning the Internet for so called “sensitive words” in order to track down the people who use them. The Electronic Privacy Information Centre – an online privacy group has already accused the DHS of creating false accounts on Twitter to check other people’s profiles. According to the group, such activity violates the Freedom of Information Act. The DHS, however, chose to ignore the accusation.Source: Voice of Russia.
