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Facebook, Twitter and Instagram have revoked access to their data to an analytics firm accused of selling information that allowed US police to track activists and protesters.
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) said Chicago-based Geofeedia had allowed police to "sneak in through a side door" to monitor protests.
Geofeedia said it was committed to the principles of personal privacy.
It comes amid growing concern about government access to social media.
ACLU said Geofeedia had been marketing its services to police agencies to help track activists using location data and social media posts.
The group said it had seen internal documents in which Geofeedia said that it "covered Ferguson/Mike Brown nationally with great success," referring to protests which erupted in 2014 after an unarmed African-American man was shot dead by police.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 13 2016, @06:39AM
ACLU said Geofeedia had been marketing its services to police agencies to help track activists using location data and social media posts.
No, they're are tools looking to profit from the government machine. "Hey fuck those ignorant goddamn plebs, they chose to put their lives on Facebook hahahahahah! The smart should profit from stupid people being stupid!" Yeah, fuck Geofeedia, even their name sounds offensive once you know they aren't trying to help feed the world...
This is basically some type of "revenge of the nerds" garbage, lots of smart geeks think they know best and have been manipulated by the powers that be to move against the general public that most geeks seem to look down upon... They don't want people to know their dirty secrets, how badly they've sold out their fellow citizens. They are given a glimpse of the upper echelons, yet don't realize they are just being fed the VIP version of the american lie *ahem* DREAM.
(Score: 2) by LoRdTAW on Thursday October 13 2016, @11:57AM
It's not so much fuck the plebs; it's more like: "The government has really deep pockets and likes invading privacy. I can make a fuck load of money!" I'm sure when it comes to the plebs, they are pretty much indifferent.