23 August 2011

BART and the New Era of Censorship | #SFBart #OpBART #anonyOps

I have spent most of the week poring over news stories, blogs and commentary on last week's decision by Bay Area Rapid Transit officials to shut off cellphone service to quash planned protests on its trains and platforms.

Opinions are many and range from BART spokesmanLinton Johnson, who says constitutional rights end the moment people go through transit-authority turnstiles, to "X" of the hacker collective Anonymous, who protested BART's action and said our freedom to connect should be absolute and universal.

I tend to agree with "X," but adding my criticism to what has already been heaped on BART seems of little consequence at this point.

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