@Techmeme@techhub.socialUS federal contracting records suggest US ICE is planning to hire ~30 contractors to monitor social media content, seeking leads for enforcement operations (Dell Cameron/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/ice-social-media-surveillance-24-7-contract/
@villavelius@mastodon.onlineThe [..] threat [..] is in the loyalist, Protestant part of east Belfast where vigilantes rove the [streets] to confront foreign-looking men. Or, as their Facebook page puts it: “Concerned parents … working together, patrolling Belfast streets, for the safety and protection of our children and vulnerable people.”
An Orwellian claim. Almost half of those arrested for race hate disorder in Belfast last summer had previously been reported to police for domestic abuse.
