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The government should be allowed to break the law to catch criminals. -…
The government should be allowed to break the law to catch criminals.
Surette, R. (2015). How social media is changing the way people commit crimes and police fight them. LSE. Retrieved January 19, 2022, from
http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/65465/1/blogs.lse.ac.uk-How%20social%20media%20is%20changing%20the%20way%20people%20commit%20crimes%20and%20police%20fight%20them.pdf
Social media ('90's)
Performance crimes
Aim: distribution
1: informed consent
2: uninformed
Competition
Bragging
Tied: celebrity culture
Better be known
Combating crime
Advantage self-surveillance
Determine identity + location
Audience shift
Passive --> active
Isolated --> collective
Public follows + participates
Until 21st century
Not in public
Sabbagh, D. (2020, 24 september). UK set to introduce bill allowing MI5 agents to break the law. The Guardian. Retrieved January 19, 2022, from
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/sep/24/uk-set-to-introduce-bill-allowing-mi5-agents-to-break-the-law
Why?
Limits on agents
Undercover
Avoid unmasked
Test commit crime
Clear limits
Compliant European convetion on human rights
Who?
M15 agents
Undercover
Since end 2019
Since 2017
Foiled 27 terror attacks
M15 w. Police