Hi Christian,<div>Twitter has released various reports about law enforcement requests. A good starting point is their law enforcement policy page: <a href="https://support.twitter.com/articles/41949-guidelines-for-law-enforcement">https://support.twitter.com/articles/41949-guidelines-for-law-enforcement</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>Additionally, LexisNexus recently published a report about the role of social media in law enforcement:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.lexisnexis.com/risk/newsevents/press-release.aspx?id=1342623085481181">http://www.lexisnexis.com/risk/newsevents/press-release.aspx?id=1342623085481181</a></div>
<div><br></div><div><br><div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 8:45 AM, Christian de Larrinaga <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cdel@firsthand.net" target="_blank">cdel@firsthand.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div>Sorry to repost but can I emphasise if you are in one these countries or another high ranking nation of tweeters! then getting some comparison from you would be very helpful.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Personally speaking it would be very interesting to see responses from ISOC community from each of the world's regions. </div><div><br></div><div>thanks again</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>
Christian </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><blockquote type="cite"><span style="border-collapse:separate;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:-webkit-auto;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><div lang="EN-GB" link="blue" vlink="purple">
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<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">As a result we wonder how the UK compares to other countries in the world – in particular the US, Japan, India and Spain. These are the other 4 countries, along with the UK, who make up the Top 5 Tweeters (Source<span> </span><i><a href="http://Alexa.com/" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Alexa.com</a></i>).</span></div>
</div></div></div></div></div></div></span></blockquote></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>thanks</div><div><br></div><div>Christian </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>The UK/England chapter has received a request from a BBC Radio Newsbeat journalist as below.</div>
<div><br></div><div>As this involves getting data from other countries in particular as he puts it 'free democratic countries' I thought I'd put this to ISOC chapters to see if anybody has some information they can share or point to reliable resources to establish or guide authoring a useful comparison. </div>
<div><br></div><div>The context I expect is the recent arrest of a teenager for posting allegedly abusive tweets on a British UK athlete. There is a perception that the UK is particularly draconian about jumping on posters and the question is to get comparisons from other countries.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Any responses to me will be collated and forwarded to Declan and maybe published unless you specifically ask for redaction. I would prefer if possible to have this by the close of the weekend ahead Aug 5th. So I am not looking for anybody to prepare a new thesis or paper but would like any relevant links, posts, examples, that are already available and if possible a paragraph on what the local perception is on these issues. Any pointers to researchers in this area would also be helpful. </div>
<div><br></div><div>thank you!</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Christian </div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On 2 Aug 2012, at 07:40, Declan Harvey wrote:</div><br><blockquote type="cite"><span style="border-collapse:separate;font-family:'Lucida Grande';font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:-webkit-auto;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-size:medium"><div lang="EN-GB" link="blue" vlink="purple">
<div><br></div><div><div style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Hi Christian,<u></u><u></u></span></div>
<div style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></div>
<div style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Thanks for getting back to me. I haven’t heard from Olivier yet.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
<div style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></div>
<div style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">I should also have explained. We are interested in comparing the UK’s approach to the approach of other ‘free democratic countries’ that do not have internet restrictions already in place; in particular the UK, Japan, Brazil and India.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
<div style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></div>
<div style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Thanks.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
<div style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Declan.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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</div></div></span></blockquote><div><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><span style="border-collapse:separate;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:-webkit-auto;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><div lang="EN-GB" link="blue" vlink="purple">
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<div style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">On 31 Jul 2012, at 12:33, Declan Harvey wrote:<u></u><u></u></div></div><div style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">
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<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Hello,<u></u><u></u></span></div></div><div style="font-family:'Lucida Grande';font-size:medium"><div style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">
<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></div></div><div style="font-family:'Lucida Grande';font-size:medium">
<div style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">My name is Declan Harvey, I’m a news reporter with<span> </span><b>BBC Radio 1</b>.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
</div><div style="font-family:'Lucida Grande';font-size:medium"><div style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> <u></u><u></u></span></div>
</div><div style="font-family:'Lucida Grande';font-size:medium"><div style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">In recent weeks Radio 1 has spent considerable time taking about the rules and risks of what our listeners can post on Twitter/Facebook et al.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
</div><div style="font-family:'Lucida Grande';font-size:medium"><div style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></div>
</div><div style="font-family:'Lucida Grande';font-size:medium"><div style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">There have been many high profile cases of late, including one involving Tom Daley today. We have spoken to the Attorney General for example who says the government take it very seriously. Police forces have also told us they have special teams dedicated to cracking down on “malicious communications”.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
</div><div style="font-family:'Lucida Grande';font-size:medium"><div style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> <u></u><u></u></span></div>
</div><div style="font-family:'Lucida Grande';font-size:medium"><div style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">As a result we wonder how the UK compares to other countries in the world – in particular the US, Japan, India and Spain. These are the other 4 countries, along with the UK, who make up the Top 5 Tweeters (Source<span> </span><i><a href="http://Alexa.com" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Alexa.com</a></i>).<u></u><u></u></span></div>
</div><div style="font-family:'Lucida Grande';font-size:medium"><div style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></div>
</div><div style="font-family:'Lucida Grande';font-size:medium"><div style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Researchers at Oxford University have told me the UK is “incredibly heavy handed” in comparison with others when it comes to reacting to comments.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
</div><div style="font-family:'Lucida Grande';font-size:medium"><div style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> <u></u><u></u></span></div>
</div><div style="font-family:'Lucida Grande';font-size:medium"><div style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">I was wondering if you had any thoughts or knowledge of this comparison and situation.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
</div><div style="font-family:'Lucida Grande';font-size:medium"><div style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> <u></u><u></u></span></div>
</div><div style="font-family:'Lucida Grande';font-size:medium"><div style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">If you had a moment and could call me for a quick chat –<span> </span><u>not for broadcast</u><span> </span>– then I’d really appreciate it. My number is below.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
</div><div style="font-family:'Lucida Grande';font-size:medium"><div style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> <u></u><u></u></span></div>
</div><div style="font-family:'Lucida Grande';font-size:medium"><div style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Kindest thanks,<u></u><u></u></span></div>
</div><div style="font-family:'Lucida Grande';font-size:medium"><div style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></div>
</div><div style="font-family:'Lucida Grande';font-size:medium"><div style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Declan.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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