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| | :*[[Facebook]], [[Twitter]], [[Google]] and [[Microsoft]] are all partnering with the intelligence apparatus. | | :*[[Facebook]], [[Twitter]], [[Google]] and [[Microsoft]] are all partnering with the intelligence apparatus. |
| | ::*“The Group will use lists from intelligence-sharing group Five Eyes adding URLs and PDFs from more groups, including the Proud Boys, the Three Percenters and neo-Nazis.”<ref>https://www.reuters.com/technology/exclusive-facebook-tech-giants-target-manifestos-militias-database-2021-07-26/</ref> | | ::*“The Group will use lists from intelligence-sharing group Five Eyes adding URLs and PDFs from more groups, including the Proud Boys, the Three Percenters and neo-Nazis.”<ref>https://www.reuters.com/technology/exclusive-facebook-tech-giants-target-manifestos-militias-database-2021-07-26/</ref> |
| − | ::*who and what is defined as “extremist content” will be determined by the Big Tech insiders themselves. This provides a gateway, another plausible deniability aspect, to cover the Intelligence Branch from any oversight. | + | ::*who and what is defined as “extremist content” will be determined by the Big Tech insiders themselves. This provides a gateway, another [[plausible deniability]] aspect, to cover the Intelligence Branch from any oversight. |
| | :::*When the Intelligence Branch within government wants to conduct surveillance and monitor American citizens, they run up against the problem of [[Fourth Amendment]] protections. They get around those legal limitations by sub-contracting the intelligence gathering, the actual data-mining, and allowing outside parties (contractors) to have access to the central database. | | :::*When the Intelligence Branch within government wants to conduct surveillance and monitor American citizens, they run up against the problem of [[Fourth Amendment]] protections. They get around those legal limitations by sub-contracting the intelligence gathering, the actual data-mining, and allowing outside parties (contractors) to have access to the central database. |
| | ::*The government cannot conduct electronic searches (4th amendment issue) without a [[warrant]]; however, private individuals can search and report back as long as they have access. Big Tech will flag the content from within their platforms, and now a secondary database filled with the extracted information will be provided openly for the Intelligence Branch to exploit. | | ::*The government cannot conduct electronic searches (4th amendment issue) without a [[warrant]]; however, private individuals can search and report back as long as they have access. Big Tech will flag the content from within their platforms, and now a secondary database filled with the extracted information will be provided openly for the Intelligence Branch to exploit. |