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FBI Hired Social Media Surveillance Firm That Labeled Black Lives Matter Organizers “Threat Actors” (theintercept.com)
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A new Senate report calls out the FBI for lying to Congress about its social media monitoring, pointing out the FBI’s hiring of ZeroFox.

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[–] LeZero@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Rest in peace Fred Hampton, murdered by the FBI without any consequences

Was there any punishement for running Cointelpro, a totalitarian surveillance program pointed against minority groups?