Posted on 05/03/2021 7:42:16 AM PDT by Bigtigermike
The Biden administration is considering using outside firms to track extremist chatter by Americans online, an effort that would expand the government's ability to gather intelligence but could draw criticism over surveillance of US citizens.
The Department of Homeland Security is limited in how it can monitor citizens online without justification and is banned from activities like assuming false identities to gain access to private messaging apps used by extremist groups such as the Proud Boys or Oath Keepers.
Instead, federal authorities can only browse through unprotected information on social media sites like Twitter and Facebook and other open online platforms.
The plan being discussed inside DHS, according to multiple sources, would, in effect, allow the department to circumvent those limits. A source familiar with the effort said it is not about decrypting data but rather using outside entities who can legally access these private groups to gather large amounts of information that could help DHS identify key narratives as they emerge.
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And half of the country doesn’t have political representation. Super. Maybe Thune and some more of them can talk on about what a great guy Biden is.
China Joe receives new orders.
Contractors from a "Private Research Company". They report summary information to a liaison officer and answer specific inquiries with more detailed information.
The Feds keep their hands clean. They are not even supposed to read these blogs on their own time.
Every major blog, and quite a few obscure ones have an assigned monitoring team. All contractors. There is more than one company doing this, and more than one agency getting reports. They all keep different lists for different reasons but there is a lot of overlap. The agencies do not necessarily play nice with each other.
Just as his Chinese sponsors roll out software that tracks the words of those who express “mistaken opinions.”
And so it begins.... Giuliani FBI raid should scare the hell out of all of us they’re coming for us!
That was certainly a FINAL clue, to those who may not have been paying attention.
Oh? They gonna get a warrant to do that? Until then: PISS OFF!
Der Führer may partner with I.G. Farben to solve the Jewish problem.
For heaven’s sake, we have people burning down our cities,
but these idiots are confused as to who the terrorists are.
Have these people had major portions of their brains removed?
This is a blatant politically motivated witch hunt to silence
or destroy anyone who would dare voice support Trump or his
ideology.
Rudy Giuliani is the latest to find that out.
Our leaders and government organizations can’t decide if they
want to be NAZI Germany or the U. S. S. R.
What we do know for sure, is it’s one or the other, or a special
blend.
Jack boots are in season and very popular with the ruling
class.
Good point.
Um, they already have done this for years! WaPoo, NYT, Yahoo, Facebook, etc. They are just ‘suggesting ‘ they ‘might do’ what they have done for years! All BS.
And Nixon had an enemies list he kept in his desk drawer....
This IS Stalin's plan.
Rush Limbaugh and a few other radio hosts used to at least skim FR and mention it on the air.
Does anyone on radio still visit FR?
Only smart ones.
>> CNN, MSNBC, ABC...
aka, ATT, Comcast, Disney
No possibility for any shenanigans or corruption using this approach. Nope.
No possibility for any shenanigans or corruption using this approach. Nope.
This is the last line. Time for a new government. This is so abusive to be worse than anything georgeIII was ousted.
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