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Social media monitoring moves to the border
Though local police departments have policies governing their own social media use and have slowed their purchases of online monitoring software, changes in immigration policy offer growing markets for the technology.
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Social media surveillance: Back-to-School Edition
Law enforcement have received heat for targeting protesters’ online posts, but schools also employ similar software to ensure students’ speech is also within their limits.
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Over 250 agencies have been added to our social media surveillance survey
Think your department doesn’t matter that much? With big data companies looking to sell their wares to any agency that has a budget - and even those that don’t - each one is a potential customer, each one is a potential place in need of oversight.
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What’s the matter with Olathe, Kansas?
Other Kansas agencies have provided responses, so what is it about Olathe, Kansas that makes their materials secret? We’ve asked the state AG to help us find out.
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Help keep an eye on police social media monitoring
MuckRock, with your help, has been filing requests around the country, and as we enter the new year, we’re recommitting to our mission to bring transparency and conversation to the policies and tools that are used to keep us safe.
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Surveillance awareness begins at home
Whether it be through software like Geofeedia or SnapTrends, which help police scan and correlate information from multiple outlets using geolocation information, or via their own personal profile pages, we want to know what baggage an online presence brings in this new era.
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Over 150 people have joined us in shedding light on your feed’s police stalkers
For over a week, MuckRock has been accepting your submissions for our social media surveillance survey, and as of today, over a hundred of you have suggested towns and cities nationally as subjects for our inquiry.
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Pinning down the police departments, big and small, stalking your feeds
Last week, Twitter announced its renunciation of data from social media surveillance software Geofeedia, and MuckRock asked you to find out more from your local police departments. Since then, 21 have taken the charge to bring greater transparency to the ways law enforcement is monitoring your Newsfeed.
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In the wake of social media spying backlash, help MuckRock explore online surveillance in your town
Twitter joined Facebook and Instagram in blocking access to its data by Geofeedia. As part of a project on protester surveillance with Color of Change, MuckRock has received materials from, among other places, Cooks County, home of the social media monitoring software company, and we’d like you to help us look at similar policies near your home.