ICE Expands Social Media Surveillance with $5.7 Million AI Monitoring Platform
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Emma Roth
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Summary
ICE is expanding its social media surveillance capabilities through a $5.7 million contract with Zignal Labs, an AI-powered platform that can analyze billions of social media posts in real-time. The system raises significant civil liberties concerns, with critics calling it an 'assault on democracy' and a 'panopticon' that could track millions of users. The surveillance expansion comes as ICE conducts nationwide raids, prompting concerns about privacy, free speech, and potential targeting of immigrant communities.
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· 4 pulledICE is paying $5.7 million to use an AI-powered social media monitoring platform called Zignal Labs
something Will Owen, the communications director at the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (STOP), calls an 'assault' on democracy and free speech
The 'real-time intelligence' platform is capable of ingesting and analyzing vast amounts
ICE is ramping up its social media surveillance efforts by partnering with a company capable of ingesting and analyzing billions of posts on social media
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