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The Postal Service is running a 'covert operations program' that monitors Americans' social media posts
YAHOO news ^
| 4/21/21
| Jana Winter
Posted on 04/21/2021 10:45:08 AM PDT by JonPreston
The law enforcement arm of the U.S. Postal Service has been quietly running a program that tracks and collects Americans’ social media posts, including those about planned protests, according to a document obtained by Yahoo News.
The details of the surveillance effort, known as iCOP, or Internet Covert Operations Program, have not previously been made public. The work involves having analysts trawl through social media sites to look for what the document describes as “inflammatory” postings and then sharing that information across government agencies.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bigbrother; covertoperation; dsj03; icop; lawenforcement; policestate; postalservice; postofficesucks; privacy; socialmedia; spying; surveillance; tyranny; usps
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To: JonPreston
I don’t know if Free Republic is considered Social Media, but, if so, they have a career monitoring mine.
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posted on
04/21/2021 12:58:00 PM PDT
by
stevem
To: RatRipper
No.
Because USPS has no expertise in monitoring social media, THEY CLEARLY RELY ON BIG TECH FOR TIPS.
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posted on
04/21/2021 12:59:52 PM PDT
by
G Larry
(Force the Universities to use their TAX FREE ENDOWMENTS to pay off Student loan debt!!!)
To: Lurkinanloomin
Odd how sometimes I get no mail and then a flood of it the next day. Guess they were busy checking it over or something.
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posted on
04/21/2021 1:01:00 PM PDT
by
DivineMomentsOfTruth
("There is but one straight course, and that is to seek truth and pursue it steadily." -GW)
To: dfwgator
[What’s next, Phone Cops?]
Next thing you know, it will be raining turkeys from helicopters!
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posted on
04/21/2021 1:01:55 PM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: Uncle Miltie
ALL government has been coopted to destroy conservatism.
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Imagine what the government has become where patriots (people who want to stand behind the country and it’s constitution) are considered a threat and terrorists?
To: usurper
Wait, you’re not the Phone Police, are you!? You’ll never take me alive !! -Johnny Fever.
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posted on
04/21/2021 1:05:09 PM PDT
by
NativeSon
( )
To: kaehurowing
I wonder if Bill OReilly still thinks FR is a far right-wing group, as he put it.
I would say we are average Americans who Love and Care about our Coumtry.
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posted on
04/21/2021 1:06:03 PM PDT
by
DivineMomentsOfTruth
("There is but one straight course, and that is to seek truth and pursue it steadily." -GW)
To: kaehurowing
what is “above board”???
what does it matter what people post online as long as it’s not a threat and just an opinion.
You seem to be saying all this spying on people’s online activity and targeting one side of the political spectrum is okay if they are “crazy”
To: Lurkinanloomin
[No wonder they don’t have time to deliver the mail on time.]
Indeed.
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posted on
04/21/2021 1:10:19 PM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: JonPreston
to be used against you in a kangaroo court of law.
it snot funny anymore.
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posted on
04/21/2021 1:12:20 PM PDT
by
ßuddaßudd
((>> ☼ << "What the hell kind of country is this if I can only hate a man if he's white?")
To: JonPreston; null and void; bagster
[quietly running a program that tracks and collects Americans’ social media posts]
While I definitely don't want folks planning their insurrection and violence (Marxist Antifa and BLM, for example) it's getting like:
You've had a bit too much to think!
And yet people think Daniel 7:23 won't happen and the Mark of the Beast will eventually come. These things are exactly where the world is headed.
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posted on
04/21/2021 1:15:22 PM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: rfp1234
You like golf, Mr. Kramer?
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posted on
04/21/2021 1:16:34 PM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: snarkytart
No, I’m just saying FR has some pretty strict rules to keep people civil and it seems almost everyone follows the rules here. Trolls get zotted.
I’ve been on some other “progressive” forums (which shall remain unnamed) to see how the other side thinks, where it’s just out of control. Mainly 4 letter words and profanities all over the place, and total ranting and raving.
To: RatRipper
Would that surveillance include FR???Every person who posts regularly to FR is monitored. You can bet on it.
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posted on
04/21/2021 1:17:20 PM PDT
by
zeugma
(Stop deluding yourself that America is still a free country.)
To: redgolum
Don't know who the people in this picture are, but they do represent how I see FReepers...
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posted on
04/21/2021 1:17:58 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
To: JonPreston
I was thinking maybe Post Office Banking could be a refuge for conservatives from woke finance capital. ... Bad idea on my part.
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posted on
04/21/2021 1:36:19 PM PDT
by
Reverend Wright
( Everything touched by progressives, dies !)
To: DEPcom; johnrob
This allows Google to profile you and select which ads to show you.Since most FReepers are anonymous, how does Google know which "you" to target?
I have seen the code you reference and wish it was removed. FR should have NOTHING to do with Google.
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posted on
04/21/2021 1:40:27 PM PDT
by
upchuck
(Corporations don’t pay taxes. They collect them. From us. ~ h/t Little Ray)
To: JonPreston
Oh great! Guess they’ll be raising the price of postage to fund the program. lol
To: upchuck
“Since most FReepers are anonymous, how does Google know which “you” to target?”
They profile your machine by looking at your browser version, OS version, resolution, cookies and etc. If log into youtube or Gmail they can cross reference your account to Free Republic or other sites you use.
Facebook is another one to watch out for.
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posted on
04/21/2021 1:55:21 PM PDT
by
DEPcom
(Floyd die from being a drug addict. Drugs kill)
To: JonPreston
Postal Service, social media?
I was expecting something like they are making copies of all tweets by post card. :D
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