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Dataminr Provides LAPD Real-Time Surveillance of Gaza War Protests, Expanding First Amendment Monitoring

2023-10-09 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

Dataminr began providing the Los Angeles Police Department with real-time surveillance alerts about Gaza war protests just two days after Hamas’s October 7, 2023 attack on Israel, demonstrating the company’s ongoing role in monitoring constitutionally protected political speech despite …

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Twitter Blocks Intelligence Agencies from Using Dataminr for Social Media Surveillance

2016-05-09 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

Twitter exercised its contractual veto power to block U.S. intelligence agencies from accessing Dataminr’s social media surveillance platform, marking a rare instance of a tech company refusing to facilitate government intelligence gathering. The decision came as Dataminr was conducting an …

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