The federal government is attempting a radical, massive expansion of what constitutes "wiretapping" that threatens everyone working in media/as a journalist today and I hope you'll read this and share it with everyone you know. I'm not just fighting this for me. I'm fighting it for everyone. - ThreadSky

bubbaprog.lol • 2 days ago

The federal government is attempting a radical, massive expansion of what constitutes "wiretapping" that threatens everyone working in media/as a journalist today and I hope you'll read this and share it with everyone you know.

I'm not just fighting this for me. I'm fighting it for everyone.

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minerva1.bsky.social•2 days ago

“Journalists” elected Trump TWICE and very few have atoned for all the harm caused.

martti.bsky.social•1 day ago

Wow, I for one am shocked that the Nazis are turning against the group of people who possibly helped them get elected the most. I’m truly shocked. Shockety shock shocked.

bubbaprog.lol•2 days ago

the quoted thread goes into more detail on this for those discovering the original post:

bubbaprog.lol•2 days ago

for those finding this post through other means and asking for a text version/link to send people, here it is:

https://timburkelegalfund.org/#four

our motion to dismiss, based on this, is on https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flmd.424438/gov.uscourts.flmd.424438.119.0.pdf.

jcc72.bsky.social•2 days ago

Question -- How do they even get to the question of whether this is a wire communication? Isn't the real issue whether or not typing a URL and reading/downloading something available on the website constitutes "intercepting" a communication?

bubbaprog.lol•2 days ago

They are saying that accessing any communicative act in progress for the purpose of obtaining information is “intercepting”

jcc72.bsky.social•2 days ago

Interesting. I understand (and probably agree with) that definition, but it doesn’t appear to me that reading information on a website meets that definition.

crumpandy.bsky.social•2 days ago

This seems...bad.

kairaloi.bsky.social•2 days ago

or I guess the future is that we communicate exclusively with Hatsune Miku voice packs

kairaloi.bsky.social•2 days ago

wouldn't this also cover non-journalists listening to music or a youtube video? wouldn't this also cover people talking about politics after hearing something on the news? they're going to destroy a lot of things if they really press this.

drewdat.bsky.social•2 days ago

That’s the whole point.

plaindavid.bsky.social•2 days ago

Is there a way to read this

mumblyjoe.bsky.social•2 days ago

Try the alt text

kimlacapria.bsky.social•2 days ago

it doesn't help with the image but i have my screen zoomed to 180% and i didn't want you to feel alone, david :)

373737373737373737.bsky.social•2 days ago

Here’s a slightly more legible version

plaindavid.bsky.social•2 days ago

great, i'm with this

pidealist.bsky.social•2 days ago

It's about controlling narrative terrain - weaponizing anachronistic law to erode the public status of information that becomes inconvenient when it’s heard and shared.

Under today’s proposed logic, Woodward and Bernstein (Watergate) wouldn’t be investigative heroes, but criminals.

dougbeck.bsky.social•2 days ago

Damn, that is wild.

fatbaldboomer.bsky.social•2 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/lynia80.bsky.social/post/3lp7cvt44us2j

miffedmennogooner.bsky.social•2 days ago

“Don’t tread on me” 👀

klreader1.bsky.social•2 days ago

📌

zapitron.bsky.social•2 days ago

If this is to be taken literally, then it's a threat to all internet users, not just journalists. (Does the statute in question exempt law enforcement?)

zapitron.bsky.social•2 days ago

Television users too. If you have to turn on a television, make sure you have the volume always turned down to zero, or else you'll probably break the law.

unclequagsire.bsky.social•1 day ago

And never read any text presented on the screen.

If anyone asks you what the score is in a sports game, don't look it up, make up a fake number.

caytoniccox.bsky.social•2 days ago

What if ai trains off it. Where does that fall in it too.

givedogsthevote.bsky.social•2 days ago

Wairtap

robchappell365.bsky.social•2 days ago

Am I wrong in thinking this has implications well beyond journalism? Like … anybody listening to a podcast could be prosecuted under this theory, no?

bubbaprog.lol•2 days ago

Yes and the judge basically asked that

kkinsf.bsky.social•1 day ago

Have tech companies caught on to this and filed amicus briefs? Google et al. would seem to have a strong interest in preventing this.

givedogsthevote.bsky.social•2 days ago

But doesn't that mean every person in the country using this broadly defined "wired" technology is committing a felony? Maybe I missed it; does the law stipulate that you have to be a journalist? If not, they have a whole lot of regular Joe's to arrest, including themselves.

bubbaprog.lol•2 days ago

that is exactly what they are saying. When asked in court by the judge if their interpretation of the statute does not in fact do that the AUSA stated that prosecutorial discretion was sufficient to decide who was actually a criminal or not

dystopos.bsky.social•2 days ago

That’s a fundamental abandonment of our ideals, if not a big change to our practices.

gamecat235.bsky.social•2 days ago

This is just proposing that no one has any rights if they participate in modern society and that the govt can choose who to prosecute on their whims.

(Which is already true, but you’re not supposed to *say* it out loud).

Giving legal cover to this approach? Holy fucking shit.

itsjustrumi.etheirys.social•2 days ago

Ah. Stazi Germany is back.

Just american this time

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0405094/

itsjustrumi.etheirys.social•2 days ago

Highly recommend this movie to anyone who wonders where this kind of power grab leads.

bloomlove.bsky.social•2 days ago

In what case is this being argued or is it part of the BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL?!

bubbaprog.lol•2 days ago

(see the rest of the thread)

manuele.bsky.social•2 days ago

unfortunately (or not) the media and the clowns who pretend to be journalists deserve every bit of it. what the media and these clowns are experiencing now is called “learning the hard way”. bending the knee never w.

cyberrb25.bsky.social•2 days ago

I mean, it would also be chilling to the lawyers and judges. After all, if there is an element to be used on a trial that comes from a podcast, or Youtube or cable, they would also be subject to those same provisions.

They would make Youtube illegal by virtue of making all consumers illegals.