An obscure unit within London's Metropolitan Police Service has been monitoring and keeping records on almost 9,000 political campaigners and activists using social media surveillance and other methods. A freedom of information request filed by the Guardian reveals that the National Domestic Extremism Unit (NDEU) stores dossiers on 8,931 individuals labeled as "domestic extremists," many of which do not have any criminal record, according to a senior officer familiar with the unit's operations.
The NDEU has been monitoring the campaigners with a 24/7, 17-person social media surveillance team, which uses a technique called "Socmint" (Social Media Intelligence). The technique scrapes and analyzes Facebook profiles, Tweets, and other...
via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/6/26/4467056/uk-police-monitoring-9000-political-activists-using-social-media
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