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Tag: sock puppet

🦄 Investigative, Police, Tech

Cobwebs Spy Software Locks Onto Protesters: Israeli Social Media Mining Contract with Homeland Security Revealed

June 14, 2024June 14, 2024

An Israeli spy software tech firm licenses web surveillance tools to law enforcement and intelligence agencies. The software contract shows new details about this sensitive technology DHS has used to spy on activists during the last several years.

🦄 Investigative, Police

Police Fusion Center Tied to Fake Social Media Accounts

June 4, 2019April 28, 2022

Minneapolis, MN – Unicorn Riot filed a public records request to the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) for information related to the occupation of the 4th Precinct in 2015 after Jamar Clark was killed by police.

The documents we received offer a glimpse into the world…

🦄 Racism & Far-Right, Social Control, Tech

European Alt-Right Exposed Organizing Sock Puppet Smear Campaigns on Discord

February 8, 2018February 8, 2018

Germany – On Saturday, February 3, the Twitter account Alt Right Leaks began releasing screenshots, video and audio from an alt-right Discord server called ‘Reconquista Germanica.’ Leaked video shows users discussing how to create fake accounts en masse in order to exploit algorithms against opponents…


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