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U.S. government to deploy surveillance software to detect 'problematic sentiment and emotion'
American Thinker ^ | 3 Sep, 2023 | Eric Utter

Posted on 09/03/2023 4:46:17 AM PDT by MtnClimber

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), under the umbrella of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), has purportedly partnered with AI tech firm Fivecast to deploy social media surveillance software that, according to its proprietor, can detect “problematic” emotions of social media users and subsequently report them to law enforcement for further action.

According to a post on pjmedia.com, “Outlet 404, through FOIA requests, uncovered various Fivecast marketing documents elaborating on its software’s utility for law enforcement.”

404’s report on said documents stated:

Customs and Border Protection (CBP), part of the Department of Homeland Security, has bought millions of dollars worth of software from a company that uses artificial intelligence to detect ‘sentiment and emotion’ in online posts…

CBP also allegedly told 404 Media that it is “using technology to analyze open-source information related to inbound and outbound travelers who the agency believes may threaten public safety, national security, or lawful trade and travel. In this case, the specific company called Fivecast also offers ‘AI-enabled’ object recognition in images and video, and detection of ‘risk terms and phrases’ across multiple languages.

Who isn’t in favor of protecting national security? And Lord knows the Biden administration should do more something to vet and restrict “inbound travelers” at our southern border.

And yet…one is tempted to ask: What could go wrong? If the government is going to utilize surveillance software to more precisely ascertain our sentiments and emotions on social media, and then determine if they are “problematic,” how else will it use it? What other methods will it deploy to keep us from stepping out of line? And who determines what is “problematic,” anyway? (Okay, that’s an easy one. The elites that seek to utterly control us see as problematic any sentiment, emotion, or thought that could possibly be construed...

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: ai; bigbrother; cbp; defunddhs; despotism; dhs; dissent; fivecast; freespeech; ingsoc; marxisttyranny; oppression; orwellian; policestate; skynet; socialmedia; spying; surveillance; technofascism; tyranny
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To: MtnClimber

At last!

An AI thought crime detector.

“I’m afraid you’ve had a bit too much to think!”


41 posted on 09/03/2023 6:13:51 AM PDT by FlyingEagle
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To: MtnClimber

Communism on steroids is what this is.


42 posted on 09/03/2023 6:15:06 AM PDT by glennaro (Never give up ... never give in ... never surrender ... and enjoy every minute of doing so.)
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To: MtnClimber

I support smaller government .
Uh oh , now I’m screwed.


43 posted on 09/03/2023 6:23:35 AM PDT by HereInTheHeartland (Have you seen Joe Biden's picture on a milk carton?)
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To: Psalm 73

Assume every keystroke is recorded forever.

Clear out your google search history once in a while.

Reset your mobile phones once in a while.

And do remember this is not 1776. Airplanes can mow down a field of patriots and rocket-propelled grenades can kill patriots firing from behind trees.

Resistance must be economic - don’t buy new houses built by invaders and don’t buy globalist stocks or mutual funds that buy globalist stocks. Learn to be as self-reliant as possible.


44 posted on 09/03/2023 6:26:26 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: MtnClimber

Bingo! DON’T BUY! this is the only weapon we have left!


45 posted on 09/03/2023 6:28:51 AM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: FlyingEagle

46 posted on 09/03/2023 6:29:35 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber

TikTok...


47 posted on 09/03/2023 6:29:40 AM PDT by Harpotoo (Being a socialist is a lot easier than having to WORK like the rest of US:-))
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To: rigelkentaurus
A loose group of independent, individualistic people who believe in personal liberty, freedom, and the US Constitution would clearly need to be monitored by a collective whose believe is in group “rights”, hates the US Constitution, abhors individualism and liberty, and embraces all forms of totalitarianism.

Yep, that pretty much sums it up.

48 posted on 09/03/2023 6:35:28 AM PDT by libertylover (Our biggest problem, by far, is that almost all of big media is AGENDA-DRIVEN, not-truth driven.)
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To: MtnClimber

“There is nothing they can do about it if it is REALLY big.”

In about two weeks the government can starve out any area.

Electric power can be turned off readily.


49 posted on 09/03/2023 6:38:38 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: Psalm 73

“I remember taking flak here about deciding against going to the Capitol on Jan 6th.”

Same here....

I sleep well at night—because I warn people when I think they are walking into traps...

If they want to attack me for it—fine—I can take the heat.


50 posted on 09/03/2023 6:45:26 AM PDT by cgbg ("Creative minds have always been known to survive any kind of bad training." Anna Freud.)
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To: rigelkentaurus

I think you just caused the Problematic Sentiment Detector to blow a fuse.


51 posted on 09/03/2023 6:46:20 AM PDT by Chewbarkah
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To: MtnClimber

It is very important to cap property taxation directly. Just capping assessment values is not enough.

We have to be able to endure until a majority of working women and Hispanics realize that voting for Democrats is a bad idea.

We also should seek to reduce hospital costs so we can self-insure.


52 posted on 09/03/2023 6:46:45 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: Brian Griffin

Yes. My property taxes are crazy, 17K this year.


53 posted on 09/03/2023 6:51:55 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber
Obama's fingerprints all over all of this illegal, totalitarian, unconstitutional b#ll sh#t.

NUKE THE 80%+ UNCONSTITUTIONAL PORTION OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNNEMT!!!

54 posted on 09/03/2023 6:56:55 AM PDT by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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To: MtnClimber

Is it time yet. -John Wick


55 posted on 09/03/2023 6:57:55 AM PDT by OftheOhio (never could dance but always could fight - Romeo company)
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To: MtnClimber

56 posted on 09/03/2023 6:58:10 AM PDT by plain talk
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To: MtnClimber

Here in Florida my likely property taxes will be $1,230.54 on a house of about 1078 square feet of air-conditioned space.

At $17K, you are essentially renting your place from the public employee unions.


57 posted on 09/03/2023 6:59:17 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: MtnClimber

Why does this not surprise me?

Given the way things are going, I have been convinced over the last two months that I will be either dead or in prison for my political views and/or my religious beliefs by the middle of 2025.


58 posted on 09/03/2023 6:59:40 AM PDT by hoagy62 (Evil won...again.)
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To: MtnClimber

I can’t wait for the A.I. powered hunter/killer drones.


59 posted on 09/03/2023 6:59:45 AM PDT by VTenigma (Conspiracy theory is the new "spoiler alert")
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To: hoagy62

Relax—they have thousands of public figures to intimidate before they get around to you...


60 posted on 09/03/2023 7:00:55 AM PDT by cgbg ("Creative minds have always been known to survive any kind of bad training." Anna Freud.)
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