Report: Social Media Surveillance Unfairly Targeted Muslims

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, Associated Press, Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Business
Wed, 02/07/2018 - 10:09am

BOSTON (AP) — A social media monitoring tool used by the Boston Police Department to identify potential threats swept up the posts of people using the hashtag #MuslimLivesMatter and a lawmaker's Facebook update about racial inequality, according to a report released Wednesday by the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts. The ACLU says in a report based on documents obtained through a public records request that the police department's use of Geofeedia to mine the internet appears to have had little benefit to public safety while unfairly focusing on groups such as Muslims.

Topics: boston ap boston police department #muslimlivesmatter facebook american civil liberties union massachusetts the aclu geofeedia muslims a report unfairly social media public

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