Canada has been considering it’s own insane copyright legislation, tabled by an MP named Vic Toews. The bill effectively creates a police state, with levels of surveillance so great that everyone had to laugh. Things like, “how much money you make, what you read, where you get your news, what you say to your best friend, what turns you on, and how you vote.”
Canadians responded with a Twitter campaign using the hashtag #tellVicEverything. Everything the police state would know, people shared. The campaign was started by Twitter account @vikileaks30, who posted personal details of Vic Toews divorce, presumably to illustrate that one doesn’t have to be a criminal to demand privacy protections.
At some point, in the hunt for the identity of @vikileaks30 - which could only be narrowed down using internet surveillance - some lucky person got to say, “The tweets are coming from inside the House of Commons!” @vikileaks30 has now been suspended. An investigation continues, although it’s unclear any laws were broken. Explaining the investigation then becomes another illustrative example of the implications of total surveillance: IP addresses are like fingerprints.
The #tellVicEverything campaign was very successful and leaves Canadians feeling emboldened and empowered. The government is concerned actual democracy could break out at any moment. The internet must be stopped.
(Source: michaelgeist.ca)
