Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced a Chicago Police Department task force to patrol citizens’ online activity
The social media monitoring is part of a five-point strategy to combat unrest in Chicago, where more than 100 people were arrested on Sunday, August 8th. The 20-person unit within the Chicago Police Department’s Crime Prevention and Information Center will be tasked with 24-hour monitoring of social media activity to track gatherings that may lead to violence in the city, she said at aThe plan also includes geographic lockdowns and promises to pursue “robust legal action” against protesters.
In response to the mayor’s announcement, Colleen Connell, executive director of the ACLU of Illinois, said, “Social media monitoring by law enforcement holds a number of dangers, including chilling protected speech and opening the door to targeting based on protected speech, race, association, and neighborhood.
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