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Reining in Police Monitoring of Social Media
Loaded on Feb. 15, 2025
by Michael Thompson
published in Criminal Legal News
March, 2025, page 32
Filed under:
Police State-Surveillance,
Electronic Surveillance,
Racial/Ethnic Bias/Profiling,
Social Media,
Racial Bias Exception.
Location:
United States of America.
by Michael Dean Thompson
Social media has revolutionized connectivity, allowing people to develop and maintain relationships well beyond what was possible just a generation earlier. The revolution has, however, enabled the joint planning, execution, and documentation of crimes. It is therefore no surprise that law enforcement wants to …
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