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.”

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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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