Facebook, Twitter and Instagram have previously provided users’ data to a software company that aids police surveillance programs and targets protesters of color, according to government records obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union.
The ACLU revealed on Tuesday that the technology corporations gave “special access” to Geofeedia, a controversial social media monitoring company that partners with law enforcement and has marketed its services as a tool to track Black Lives Matter activists.
In response to the findings, all three companies have announced measures to cut off Geofeedia’s access to certain data streams, even though critics say the corporations need to adopt broader policies that prevent this kind of surveillance and data sharing.
