2y ago

FBI Hired Social Media Surveillance Firm That Labeled Black Lives Matter Organizers “Threat Actors”

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/1111823

A new Senate report calls out the FBI for lying to Congress about its social media monitoring, pointing out the FBI’s hiring of ZeroFox.

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2y ago

FBI Hired Social Media Surveillance Firm that Labeled Black Lives Matter Organizers “Threat Actors”

theintercept.com /2023/07/06/fbi-social-media-surveillance-zerofox/

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I see that despite the incessant whining from Republicans, the FBI has changed little since Hoover.
I mean, the black panthers were labeled as an extremest group at one point… soooo yea.
- From the perspective of the US state they were. Black liberation and communism are diametrically opposed to the interests of that state. BLM is largely not ML, but liberation of oppressed minorities (aside from the propertied ruling class) is still one of the threats the US state must respond to.
FBI is a racist organization controlled by a racist country.
- Hyperbole much? The US consists of over 350 million people. You think all of them are racist? The people make the country. You’re getting upvotes because it’s a simple statement to make, but it’s not the truth. The US is an amazing country. There are still many racists, but there are less now than there were before, and this will continue to improve as we move forward.
  
  It being a racist country doesn’t mean each person is racist. The country took part in decades of genocide, slavery, segregation, coups in countless countries, placed countless dictators in power, and inspired the Nazis (yes literally).
  
  Ironic that you criticized the comment for hyperbole and then use the straws an fallacy to try to shoot it down. The comment did not claim that all 350 million people are racist. You just acted like it did so you could criticize it.
  And yes, the US is an amazing country with far fewer racists than ever before. I agree with you there.
  
  the government is racist, though
  like demonstrably racist
  OP wasn't talking about the average people
Rest in peace Fred Hampton, murdered by the FBI without any consequences
Was there any punishement for running Cointelpro, a totalitarian surveillance program pointed against minority groups?
ah, that's not surprising
really bad, but not surprising
This doesn't surprise me one bit. It's the feds after all

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