It's not really a secret that the FBI is in the business of monitoring social media posts.
Last May, the ACLU filed Freedom of Information Act requests with seven government agencies "Seeking the release of records pertaining to the federal government's social media surveillance," according to the lawsuit.
The resulting lawsuit seeks "To enforce the public's right about the Defendant federal agencies' surveillance of social media and speech."
"Little information is available to the public on the tools and methods Defendants use to conduct surveillance of social media users and speech, or any policies and guidelines that govern such surveillance," says the suit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California-Oakland Division.
"The public interest in the release of these records is clear. Because the government's growing use of social media surveillance implicates the online speech of millions of social media users, U.S. citizens and residents of all backgrounds have an urgent need to understand the exact nature, extent, and consequences of that surveillance."
Of particular issue to the ACLU are the government's alleged efforts to more closely monitor immigrants' social media profiles.
The ACLU suit asks the court to search for and release all records related to the defendants' social media monitoring.
http://reason.com/blog/2019/01/18/the-fbi-wont-say-if-it-spies-on-your-soc
Last May, the ACLU filed Freedom of Information Act requests with seven government agencies "Seeking the release of records pertaining to the federal government's social media surveillance," according to the lawsuit.
The resulting lawsuit seeks "To enforce the public's right about the Defendant federal agencies' surveillance of social media and speech."
"Little information is available to the public on the tools and methods Defendants use to conduct surveillance of social media users and speech, or any policies and guidelines that govern such surveillance," says the suit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California-Oakland Division.
"The public interest in the release of these records is clear. Because the government's growing use of social media surveillance implicates the online speech of millions of social media users, U.S. citizens and residents of all backgrounds have an urgent need to understand the exact nature, extent, and consequences of that surveillance."
Of particular issue to the ACLU are the government's alleged efforts to more closely monitor immigrants' social media profiles.
The ACLU suit asks the court to search for and release all records related to the defendants' social media monitoring.
http://reason.com/blog/2019/01/18/the-fbi-wont-say-if-it-spies-on-your-soc
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