Article 25H08 After ACLU investigation, Twitter blocks US surveillance "fusion centers" from monitoring tool

After ACLU investigation, Twitter blocks US surveillance "fusion centers" from monitoring tool

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Cory Doctorow
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The ACLU of Northern California recently published a leaked email showing that Dataminr -- a Twitter-monitoring company partially owned by Twitter itself -- was selling access to US domestic surveillance "fusion centers" where local, state and federal agencies pool resources to spy on their targets. (more")

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