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The CIA Is Investing in Firms That Mine Your Tweets and Instagram Photos [View all]
The CIA Is Investing in Firms That Mine Your Tweets and Instagram Photos
Privacy advocates, however, have expressed concern about these sorts of automated judgments.
“When you have private companies deciding which algorithms get you a so-called threat score, or make you a person of interest, there’s obviously room for targeting people based on viewpoints or even unlawfully targeting people based on race or religion,” said Lee Rowland, a senior staff attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union.
She added that there is a dangerous trend toward government relying on tech companies to “build massive dossiers on people” using “nothing but constitutionally protected speech.”
“When you have private companies deciding which algorithms get you a so-called threat score, or make you a person of interest, there’s obviously room for targeting people based on viewpoints or even unlawfully targeting people based on race or religion,” said Lee Rowland, a senior staff attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union.
She added that there is a dangerous trend toward government relying on tech companies to “build massive dossiers on people” using “nothing but constitutionally protected speech.”
https://theintercept.com/2016/04/14/in-undisclosed-cia-investments-social-media-mining-looms-large/
This is a very ominous piece. By the time the next presidential election rolls around organizing online might be very difficult.
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