Twitter告訴される

Nellie Bowles “Widow of American killed in Jordan attack sues Twitter over growth of Isis” http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jan/14/widow-american-killed-jordan-attack-sues-twitter-isis


昨年11月にヨルダンでISIS*1に夫を虐殺された*2 Tamara Fieldsさんは桑港のツィッター社をISISの増長を幇助した咎で告訴した。曰く、ツィッターなしにはここ数年のISISの爆発的成長はなかった。彼女によれば、ISISは去年の11月の時点で、約7万のツィッター・アカウントを持ち、1分当たり90のツィートを発信していた。
これに対するツィッター社側のコメント;


“While we believe the lawsuit is without merit, we are deeply saddened to hear of this family’s terrible loss,” said a Twitter spokesperson. “Like people around the world, we are horrified by the atrocities perpetrated by extremist groups and their ripple effects on the internet. Violent threats and the promotion of terrorism deserve no place on Twitter and, like other social networks, our rules make that clear.

“We have teams around the world actively investigating reports of rule violations, identifying violating conduct, partnering with organizations countering extremist content online, and working with law enforcement entities when appropriate.”

この告訴は米国の「反テロリズム法」に基づいて行われている。テロリストやそのテロ行為は現代のテクノロジーや通信システム、金融制度、公共サーヴィスなどに寄生しているので、「反テロリズム法」の対象は際限なく拡がってしまう可能性がある;

This lawsuit is unique in using the US Anti-Terrorism Act, which has mostly been used by Americans to sue Hamas, Hezbollah and other alleged foreign terrorist organizations, said Harmeet Dhillon, a lawyer and vice-chairman of the California Republican party.

“The same argument could be used against phone companies for allowing alleged terrorists to place phone calls, or Fedex for allowing alleged terrorists to mail pamphlets,” Dhillon said.

“There are many viewpoints held by Americans that other Americans would say are offensive, or support terrorism. I’ve seen the occupation in Oregon described as terrorism. By allowing tweets that support the Oregon occupiers, is Twitter providing material support to terrorists?”

The federal courts of appeals have been split on the issue of just how broad the Anti-Terrorism Act is. A couple of years ago there was a lawsuit, Rothstein v UBS AG, against UBS for aiding and abetting Hamas by carrying out routine banking transactions that ultimately benefited terrorists – the lawsuit was dismissed by the trial court. On the other hand, in a landmark 2014 case, BNP Paribas pleaded guilty and agreed to forfeit $9bn for moving about that amount through the US on behalf of known terrorist groups*3 .

また、ネット上のISISの活動の監視を巡る実務的問題(語学上の限界);

For the social media giants, the biggest challenge might not just be an ethical issue but a practical one; it’s very difficult to find terrorists and requires enormous amounts of resources.

“If you’re trying to monitor Isis you need people who speak Farsi, Russian, Uzbek and many different Arabic dialects. Some of these are very narrow sets of languages where even the CIA has trouble recruiting people with these language skills,” says Daniel O’Connor, vice-president of public policy at the Computer & Communications Industry Association.

*1:See also http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20140820/1408540486 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20141006/1412610658 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20141007/1412681217 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20141008/1412744846 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20141010/1412957422 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20141011/1412993029 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20141017/1413473698 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20141023/1414072117 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20150111/1421005862 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20150121/1421806662 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20150122/1421905503 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20150123/1421979649 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20150124/1422106484 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20150124/1422118588 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20150124/1422118588 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20150127/1422354821 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20150129/1422500611 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20150130/1422633051 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20150202/1422805093 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20150204/1423016710 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20150205/1423157081 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20150208/1423413124 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20150211/1423618569 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20150213/1423756575 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20150216/1424054132 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20150218/1424272261 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20150227/1425003428 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20150228/1425140571 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20150301/1425176788 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20150301/1425218267 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20150301/1425176788 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20150302/1425267126 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20150304/1425395423 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20150306/1425570810 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20150309/1425838986 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20150316/1426512965 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20150318/1426656083 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20150322/1426965537 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20150409/1428560394 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20150420/1429495028 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20150621/1434908617 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20150624/1435165292 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20150625/1435252542 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20150626/1435323746 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20150702/1435808572 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20151205/1449287517 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20151211/1449850066 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20151213/1449934909 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20151216/1450268050 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/sumita-m/20160109/1452309247

*2:See Taylor Luck, Peter Beaumont, and Jessica Glenza Taylor Luck, Peter Beaumont, and Jessica Glenza”At least five killed by Jordanian police officer in training centre shooting” http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/09/two-americans-killed-at-police-training-centre-in-jordan

*3:See Lauren J. Resnick, Margaret E. Hirce and Kaitlyn A. Ferguson “Banks under fire: The rise of private lawsuits under the Anti-Terrorism Act” http://blog.legalsolutions.thomsonreuters.com/current-awareness-2/banks-under-fire-the-rise-of-private-lawsuits-under-the-anti-terrorism-act/