Social media surveillance doesn’t always stop when travelers reach American shores, where their web of local contacts are likely to expand. leadership has made it plain that it is looking for ways to monitor visitors and immigrants inside the United States. The administration has gone after those opposing its draconian immigration policies too, using social media to track activists from the southern border to New York City. The D.H.S.’s own tests show that social media content is an unreliable basis for making judgments about national security risk. One program for vetting refugees found that social media did not “yield clear, articulable links to national security concerns,” even for applicants who were identified as potential threats based on other types of screening.

Source: New York Times June 30, 2019 18:56 UTC