Category: digital surveillance

To Study Domestic Extremism, Researchers Want Access to Social Media User Data

While criticizing social media companies for invading user privacy, some university researchers and non-profit organizations are pushing for access to the same data collected by those companies—arguing that such info is crucial to understanding how to combat domestic extremism. Researchers and activists made their case for more access to social media data at an Oct….


Researchers Want Access to Social Media User Data to Study Domestic Extremism

While criticizing social media companies for invading user privacy, some university researchers and nonprofit organizations are pushing for access to the same data collected by those companies—arguing that such info is crucial to understanding how to combat domestic extremism. Researchers and activists made their case for more access to social media data at an Oct….


Post Office Fights Surveillance Ops Complaints

Recent court filings show that the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) will disclose documents about its controversial social media surveillance program, but government has also indicated it may fight to keep other records secret. USPS faces several lawsuits from non-profit groups over its Internet Covert Operations Program (iCOP)—the existence of which was revealed in April, when Yahoo News reported on an internal…