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Law enforcement put an entire region under aerial surveillance after believing unvetted reports that an "Antifa bus" was headed to town. A pattern is emerging of social media-based disinformation serving as "intelligence" to justify real surveillance.

theguardian.com/us-news/2021/a

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Agreed that this is not intelligence. Many people know that Dataminr surveils Facebook and other platforms to send alerts to police, newspapers, and corporations. Some people love throwing sand in the machines by making these posts.

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