LAPD to collect social media of every civilian they interview

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : Law enforcement officials trawled Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter to monitor and arrest protesters, rioters, and looters'That Facebook account has since been disabled or deleted however a Facebook index page, provided to the FBI in the return of a Federal Search Warrant, listed several identifiers that correspond with Rivera,' an FBI special agent assigned to Rivera's case wrote in the criminal complaint.
49% : The criminal complaint against Spencer cites statements made by an informant, but it appears that law enforcement spoke to the informant after getting information from Facebook.
46% : Zuckerberg hands over user data to help FBI arrest Capitol riotersSocial media companies are cooperating with law enforcement agencies by handing over data leading to the arrest of the MAGA rioters who stormed the United States Capitol on January 6.
45% : The livestream was allegedly provided to law enforcement officials by Facebook
45% : The livestream was allegedly provided to law enforcement officials by Facebook
44% : Law enforcement officials trawled Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter to monitor and arrest protesters, rioters, and lootersMAGA rioters clash with police outside the United States Capitol in Washington, DC, on January 6.
43% : Law enforcement officials trawled Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter to monitor and arrest protesters, rioters, and looters +5Protesters scuffle with police in Washington, DC, in May just days after the police-involved death of George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, in Minneapolis.
40% : The very act of stepping inside the US Capitol during the riot constitutes a crime, so data location taken by smartphone apps is all the incriminating evidence that law enforcement officials need to bring charges.
40% : In almost all instances, law enforcement officials have relied on the rioters' own social media posts to identify them and charge them with a crime.
39% : Defense attorneys have long complained that big tech firms like Facebook, Twitter, and Google comply with law enforcement subpoenas while denying their clients access to data that might be exculpatory, according to Wired.

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