"We have, after all, been warned over and over that organizations like ICE have been wanting to vastly expand their online operations, using the same vastly expanded budget that recently saw them purchase a new $7.3 million fleet of (Canadian made) armored vehicles. The online expansion of ICE, meanwhile, is not just in the name of locating more groups of undocumented immigrants to target, but also to compile sprawling digital enemies lists, creating databases of those who have expressed anti-ICE sentiment."
"Earlier this year, The Intercept wrote about surveillance contractors sought by ICE, who would be expected to perform algorithm- and AI-aided deep dives into social media users' post histories, searching for, among other things, "proclivity for violence," which could include "empathy with a group which has violent tendencies," among other things. Hope you haven't expressed "empathy" at any point for any group with "violent tendencies," right?"
Federal and state law enforcement agencies have engaged in online surveillance campaigns to track public sentiment toward ICE deportation actions in New Orleans. ICE has expanded online operations alongside a larger budget that purchased a $7.3 million fleet of armored vehicles. Online efforts aim to locate undocumented immigrants and compile sprawling enemies lists and databases of those expressing anti-ICE sentiment. Surveillance contractors sought by ICE plan to use algorithm- and AI-aided analyses of social media histories to identify "proclivity for violence" or "empathy with a group which has violent tendencies." Such practices risk compiling records that could be used against American citizens who dissent.
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