So yeah. #Biden and crew did NOTHING to stop #FusionCenters and other policies that #Trump is now using and abusing! And no thanks to #Obama for helping to expand presidential powers like #IndefiniteDetentionClause!

https://kolektiva.social/@DoomsdaysCW/113489577026000756

https://kolektiva.social/@DoomsdaysCW/112061266766251320

#NDAA #ExpandedPowers #BlueLeaks #JRIC #USPresidency #NationalEmergency #Drones #HR9495 #Terrorists #Activists #USPol #BorderEmergency

Two recent reminders why the fediverse is very vulnerable to state surveillance.

First a new article from @404mediaco about surveillance contractors monitoring social media for #ICE https://www.404media.co/the-200-sites-an-ice-surveillance-contractor-is-monitoring/

Second a research article on how fediverse presents both challenges and opportunities for state surveillance through an analysis of #BlueLeaks by @Fassbender

Keeping Watch Over the Fediverse: Mass Surveillance in Non-Centralized Social Media

"Non-centralized social media appears to be undergoing a “Killer Hype Cycle”, where many users dissatisfied with centralized corporate platforms are identifying Mastodon as an alternative. With the influx of users there has been an increase in available data for researchers of social media and communication. Much of this work has focused on the everyday end user: someone who is using the platform to share personal information or consume media. However, these platforms have other uses. Corporations seek to mine federated media for their own endeavors, and state agents catalog the information for various
uses."

http://deeplyhacked.com/research/files/blueleaks.pdf

#fediverse #surveillance #security

Ricordate George Floyd e il Black Lives Matter?

#Blueleaks are 269 gigabytes of internal U.S. law enforcement data obtained by the #hacktivism collective #Anonymous, released on June 19, 2020.

https://ddosecrets.com/article/blueleaks

US police agencies took intelligence directly from #IDF, leaked files show

Analysis of #BlueLeaks trove also shows police received training on domestic ‘Muslim extremists’ from pro-Israel groups

by Jason Wilson
Fri 8 Dec 2023

"Hacked police files show US law enforcement agencies for decades received analysis of incidents in the Israel-Palestine conflict directly from the Israeli Defense Forces and Israeli thinktanks, training on domestic 'Muslim extremists' from pro-Israel non-profits, and surveilled social media accounts of #ProPalestine #activists in the US.

"The Guardian’s analysis of documents from the BlueLeaks trove of internal law enforcement documents found no indication that this was balanced by information from other Middle Eastern sources or US Muslim community groups. Nor is there any indication that pro-Israel activists were subject to any specific scrutiny.

"At a time of polarized reactions to the Israel-Hamas war in #Gaza, the analysis raises questions about the scope of police intelligence-gathering in the US and the influence of Israel and its supporters on those efforts, and how this has shaped the treatment of activists and social movements, especially those who are pro-Palestinian.

[...]

"The BlueLeaks trove was obtained and released by self-described hacktivists in June 2020. It contains material from more than 200 law enforcement agencies, including intelligence material disseminated by federally sponsored umbrella bodies such as fusion centers and high-intensity drug-trafficking area (#Hidta) programs."

Original article:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/08/us-police-agencies-idf-files-blueleaks

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/lA5DN

#ACAB #FusionCenters #IDF #ADL #Hactivists

US #police agencies took intelligence directly from #IDF, leaked files show

Analysis of #BlueLeaks trove also shows police received training on domestic ‘Muslim extremists’ from pro-Israel groups

by Jason Wilson
Fri 8 Dec 2023

"#AmnestyInternational alleged in a 2009 report that during Operation Cast Lead, the IDF targeted civilians, carried out 'indiscriminate attacks that failed to distinguish between legitimate military targets and civilian objects', and used munitions containing white #phosphorus, the use of which against civilians is a violation of international law, according to the World Health Organization.

"Another document in the trove is a longer 2011 report assessing 'terrorism from the #Gaza Strip since Operation Cast Lead' produced by the Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center (#ITIC). The ITIC is an Israeli research group whose founding director and current director were previously IDF intelligence officers. The thinktank reportedly maintains an office at the Israeli defense ministry.

"None of these documents mention narcotics trafficking or criminal activity in the US. LA Clear’s archive and the BlueLeaks trove do not appear to contain any alternative accounts of the Israel-Palestine conflict.

"The Guardian contacted LA Clear for comment through the body’s website but received no response.

"Elsewhere in the BlueLeaks trove, there is ample evidence of a close relationship between law enforcement agencies and US-based pro-Israel organizations.

"The archive shows how close the relationship is between a range of law enforcement agencies and the pro-Israel civil rights non-profit the Anti-Defamation League (ADL)."

Read more:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/08/us-police-agencies-idf-files-blueleaks

#SkunkSpray #ACAB #FreePalestine #Protest #CriminalizingDissent #RacialProfiling #GeorgeFloyd