Parliament seizes cache of Facebook internal papers
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Parliament seizes cache of Facebook internal papers
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#2"In another exceptional move, parliament sent a serjeant at arms to his hotel with a final warning and a two-hour deadline to comply with its order. When the software firm founder failed to do so, it’s understood he was escorted to parliament. He was told he risked fines and even imprisonment if he didn’t hand over the documents."
Wow. I've never heard of the British parliament being this assertive before.
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#3One should ask: Was the Six4Three executive lured to the UK on a pretext, specifically with the intent of seizing the FB documents?
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#4Following AMP links makes me sad. Here's the real link:
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/nov/24/mps-seize...
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#5One should ask: Was the Six4Three executive lured to the UK on a pretext, specifically with the intent of seizing the FB documents?
If so, at least there wasn't a bone saw involved.
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#6How can some rando small company manage to get access to FB internal emails over some dinky app, while parliament has to resort to such extreme methods?
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#7Looks like Six4Three is at fault here. It should have protected the papers to be not accessible by whoever is outside the US.
We will see more of this as national jurisdictions collide with the international internet.
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#8One should ask: Was the Six4Three executive lured to the UK on a pretext, specifically with the intent of seizing the FB documents?
Possible, but doesn't seem likely somehow.
What's more interesting is how the committee knew the documents were in the UK. It wouldn't aurprise me if the UK intelligence services tipped the off, with tacit apprival from the government.
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#9How can some rando small company manage to get access to FB internal emails over some dinky app, while parliament has to resort to such extreme methods?
Due to their lawsuit with FB in the USA. I imagine those documents were obtained by court order. Pretty bold move by the UK gov. Looking forward to the leakage of said documents.
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#10Background on Six4Three's lawsuit against Facebook:
Is Facebook a publisher? In public it says no, but in court it says yes [7/3/2018]