US government is using AI for unprecedented social media surveillance

a year ago by Basic Glitch to c/technology

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Under the Trump administration, multiple US government agencies are using AI and other tools to broadly track the social media of tourists and immigrants – and potentially to watch US citizens as well

It appears that the US federal government is investing more public funds in such tech tools, says Paromita Shah at Just Futures Law, an immigration advocacy non-profit in Washington DC. “We’re witnessing a real-time expansion of the use of social media monitoring technologies,” says Shah. “When you use social media monitoring to intimidate, harass, alienate, deport, incarcerate, arrest – when that becomes your standard to do those things – it’s antithetical to a lot of what democracy stands for.”

who 121 points a year ago

and potentially to watch US citizens as well

Anyone who thinks this is not being used on US citizens is incredibly naïve.

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venusaur 50 points a year ago

Anybody who thought their privacy was ever secure on social media platforms is incredibly naive

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Greyghoster 9 points a year ago

The current mob seems have lost sight of the fact that citizens are supposed to belong in the USA and are protected by the constitution. The really interesting thing is how quickly all these public servants have accepted illegal orders.

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taladar 24 points a year ago

are protected by the constitution.

People who make claims like this forget that nothing is protected by the constitution. The constitution is just a piece of paper. Rights are protected only by enforcement of the constitution and if nobody is willing to enforce it then the rights in there are completely worthless.

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Greyghoster 9 points a year ago

Protected by the rule of law maybe a better way to express it. The current holder of the office of President is destroyer of the rule of law.

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venusaur 4 points a year ago

And how easily we give up our rights

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throwawayacc0430 40 points a year ago
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Septimaeus 5 points a year ago

Sure thing!

sudo launchnukes -q all

Warning: the following procedure has never been tested in this simulation. Would you like to proceed? Yy/Nn (N)

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MrLLM 2 points a year ago
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Mrkawfee 22 points a year ago

More reasons to steer clear of the US.

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madjo 14 points a year ago

For decades. This shit is going to take a very long time to course correct, even after Agent Orange is removed from the Soiled House.

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nickwitha_k 8 points a year ago

Gen Z or Alpha might see a return to life as good as 2015 in their lifetimes. The rest of us? Nope.

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taladar 8 points a year ago

Bold of you to assume that Gen Z and Alpha will have the medical care to live that long in a US with even worse healthcare than people have in the past few decades.

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nickwitha_k 1 point a year ago

Part of the reason for my use of "might".

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ArchmageAzor 18 points a year ago

Well yeah. You live in a fascist regime. They can't abide any potential dissidents.

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itisileclerk 11 points a year ago

Ha ha ha ha, and they compain about China and their surveillance. USA is worst than China, no matter who is the president.

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nick 7 points a year ago

“No shit.”

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