Entries tagged with: Media Monitoring
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DHS Reveals More Information on Covert Social Media Monitoring Program
The Department of Homeland Security has issued a Privacy Impact Assessment, updating information on its controversial social media monitoring program. As part of the program, DHS scours social media sites, including Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube, for public posts that contain...
EPIC Prevails in Social Media Monitoring FOIA Suit
EPIC has obtained a court order and an opinion in a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security, requiring the agency to turn over more documents about the monitoring of social media and Internet media organizations....
DHS Privacy Review Fails to Address DHS Monitoring of Online Dissent
The Department of Homeland Security released a Privacy Compliance Review which found that the DHS social media monitoring program complied the DHS's own privacy requirements. Documents obtained by EPIC through a FOIA lawsuit revealed that DHS is monitoring social networks...
Department of Homeland Security Exempts Massive Database from Privacy Act
The Department of Homeland Security issued a final rule exempting its Operations System from various Privacy Act safeguards, including provisions that permit individuals to access information about them held by the agency. The system "fuses" information from many sources which...
