Macon Phillips posted this on the The White House blog: Recently, we have seen a few stories questioning how the Presidential Records Act (PRA) intersects with Americans’ use of modern social media, like Facebook and Twitter, to communicate with the White House. Before I address some specific issues raised in these stories, let me give…
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A Bizarre Privacy Indictment
Jim Harper writes: Page one of today’s Washington Times—above the fold—has a fascinating story indicting the White House for failing to disclose that it will collect and retain material posted by visitors to its pages on social networking sites like Facebook and YouTube. The story is fascinating because so much attention is being paid to…
White House sued over free speech violations in healthcare battle
The Office of the President and other White House officials are defendants in a free speech lawsuit filed by a prominent physician group, and a non-profit advocate for inner-city poor, according to a new press release. The White House has “unlawfully collected information on political speech,” thereby illegally using the power of the White House…
WH healthcare campaign raises data privacy worries
The White House raised the spectre of “Big Brother” this week after a blog entry asked supporters to report “fishy” information they receive regarding the debate on healthcare reform by forwarding emails to [email protected]: There is a lot of disinformation about health insurance reform out there, spanning from control of personal finances to end of…