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“Social media policing … tactics appear to be used disproportionately in cases relating to urban American communities of color, in ‘gang’ related cases, and in ‘anti-terrorism’ monitoring."

First, they're supposed to use the "least intrusive collection techniques feasible and sufficient" - publicly available info is listed as not intrusive, so expect a lot of social media monitoring, which DHS is heavily into. See here for details: https://t.co/0h1WVDd3SF

— Faiza Patel (@FaizaPatelBCJ) July 20, 2020

Stop and Frisk Online: Theorizing Everyday Racism in Digital Policing in the Use of Social Media for Identification of Criminal Conduct and Associations

Social Media + Society

Patton, Desmond Upton / Brunton, Douglas-Wade / Dixon, Andrea / Miller, Reuben Jonathan / Leonard, Patrick / Hackman, Rose

Vol. 3 Issue 3, p. 205630511773334, 2017

10.1177/2056305117733344

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