Article 1XRQE ACLU finds social media sites gave data to company tracking black protesters

ACLU finds social media sites gave data to company tracking black protesters

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Sam Levin in San Francisco
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ACLU revealed Tuesday that Facebook, Twitter and Instagram gave 'special access' to Geofeedia, a controversial social media monitoring company

Facebook, Twitter and Instagram have previously provided users' data to a software company that aids police surveillance programs and targets protesters of color, according to government records obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union.

The ACLU revealed on Tuesday that the technology corporations gave "special access" to Geofeedia, a controversial social media monitoring company that partners with law enforcement and has marketed its services as a tool to track Black Lives Matter activists.

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