“LAPD Surveilled Gaza Protests Using This Social Media Tool”
Police records obtained by The Intercept show Dataminr tracked Gaza-related protests and other constitutionally protected speech.
Summary:
The article discusses how the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) used Dataminr, a social media monitoring tool, to track protests related to Gaza. In the wake of Hamas’s October 7 attack, pro-Palestinian protests erupted, and the LAPD received advanced notifications about these demonstrations from Dataminr. This included alerts about protests planned in Los Angeles and other U.S. cities, with Dataminr flagging over 50 protests from October 2023 to April 2024.
The LAPD used this data to monitor both ongoing and upcoming protests, sometimes receiving personal updates from Dataminr employees. The alerts, including notifications of protests thousands of miles away, raised concerns among privacy advocates, with critics arguing that such surveillance chills First Amendment rights. The article highlights concerns that taxpayers are funding this surveillance, which some experts say may suppress political dissent. Neither the LAPD nor Dataminr commented on the matter.
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