FBI provides Chicago police with fake online identities for "Social Media Exploration" team
Internal documents also reveal that police can take over informants’ social media accounts and pose as them online.
20 May 2022
Internal documents also reveal that police can take over informants’ social media accounts and pose as them online.
20 May 2022
Brian Campbell couldn’t sleep. It was May 31, 2020, and demonstrations sparked by the murder of George Floyd were spreading around the world. Before going to bed, the Chicago Police Department officer had come across a tweet that appeared to show the destruction of his force’s property. “Man in Joker mask ignited a police squad car today in Chicago’s protest,” it read. “Managed to capture a few pictures.” The tweet had been republished by Law Enforcement Today, in a post that claimed, “The ‘peaceful’ protests resulted in anything but peace.” One photo in the tweet showed the masked man with ...
FBI Provides Chicago Police With Fake Online Identities for “Social Media Exploitation” Team
Internal documents also reveal that police can take over informants’ social media accounts and pose as them online.
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