An example of Paul Elam's theory about feminism's usefulness to the state: Canada's new anti-bullying law meant to protect girls might be a trojan horse to give police internet surveillance powers

2013-11-21T09:18:35+00:00

From the article:

“We know the results of cyberbullying – we have heard about children who took their own lives because they could not cope with the humiliating consequences that befell them,” said Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney, who joined Mr. MacKay at a news conference. Teenagers Rehtaeh Parsons, 17, of Nova Scotia, and Amanda Todd, 15, of British Columbia, died after attempting suicide in the past 13 months following cyberbullying incidents involving naked photos.

The bill’s investigative tools that go beyond cyberbullying were not explained – or mentioned – in a backgrounder on the proposed law posted on Mr. MacKay’s website. That omission prompted critics such as the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association to call the cyberbullying law a “Trojan horse” for a controversial previous law, since withdrawn by the government, that would have expanded police powers to gain lawful access to electronic communications.

“This is essentially a cut-and-paste job” from that previous law on Internet surveillance, said Micheal Vonn, policy director for the BCCLA. The proposed new law would set a lower standard of “reasonable suspicion” when police seek a judge’s permission to view e-mails and other communications, she said.

theozoph · 2013-11-21T12:22:21+00:00

And if anybody wants to put Paul's relevant article on the frontpage, it's here.

theozoph · 2013-11-21T13:34:44+00:00

Harry published about that long before Elam did.

http://www.angryharry.com/esWhyGovernmentsLoveFeminism.htm

5th_Law_of_Robotics · 2013-11-21T15:26:41+00:00

I can't think of a single political action by feminism that would have resulted in a smaller government.

So yeah.

ZimbaZumba · 2013-11-21T21:07:28+00:00

Feminism is the biggest Trojan Horse of all time. Governments used it to double the labor pool and halve the effective wage. Now we have to have double income households.

Micter · 2013-11-21T16:50:05+00:00

No kidding. Governments just want more power to watch over people's online activities and they will use whatever the hot button issue of the day is to get that power.

2013-11-21T20:43:59+00:00

might be?

Is, there are all kinds of provisions in the bill that take away our collective rights.

fiat_lux_ · 2013-11-21T22:17:40+00:00

I agree that society might be biased when it cares more about girl victims than boy victims, I don't see this particular case as a problem of feminism, at least primarily.

This is a problem with the gov't in general using any culturally sensitive matter to justify spying. In this case it was for "protecting children" as always, not protecting women specifically.

We can nitpick and say it's about female children, but really, children are the primary tools here. Child pornography is a popular excuses the gov't uses to justify to expand their power. Even pornography in general could be at risk ("Porn should be illegal! What if the CHILDREN see it!? It needs to be taken off the internet!"). The common theme of these though is children, not feminism.

But yeah, fuck the gov't for trying to censor and control the internet.

Title	An example of Paul Elam's theory about feminism's usefulness to the state: Canada's new anti-bullying law meant to protect girls might be a trojan horse to give police internet surveillance powers
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Date	November 21, 2013 9:17 AM UTC (12 years ago)
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