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US immigration enforcement used an AI-powered tool to scan social media posts "derogatory" to the US | "The government should not be using algorithms to scrutinize our social media posts" (www.techspot.com)

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US immigration enforcement used an AI-powered tool to scan social media posts "derogatory" to the US | "The government should not be using algorithms to scrutinize our social media posts"::undefined

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[-] markr@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

The government should not be scrutinizing anyone’s social media outside of a criminal investigation with a warrant.

[-] jimbolauski@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

Public posts have no expectation of privacy.

[-] redwall_hp@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

There's a world of difference between witnessing something in public and following someone around, making note of everything they say and do "in public." We call the latter "stalking" when an individual does it.

[-] Zak@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

If I click your username, I see everthing this account has posted to Lemmy. There's no real-world equivalent to that.

Nearly everyone using Lemmy knows that's how the software works and should keep that in mind when posting.

[-] jimbolauski@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Looking at someone’s post history != following a person around.

Further following someone around is not stalking there has to be an action that would make someone fear being harmed.

[-] Substance_P@lemmy.world -4 points 1 year ago

It's not just public posts, private messaging apps are also scrutinized.

[-] jimbolauski@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

The AI system searches public posts, it's not able to read DMs, it doesn't have login credentials.

[-] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago

Though they do reserve the ability to seize, crack and search your phone within the Constitution Free Zone (one hundred miles of any US border) and will then search all your internet activity for wrongdoing. Dunno if that is treated with AI searching.

[-] Substance_P@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Arr gotcha, I was referring to searching devices generally.

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