The Department of Homeland Security monitored 'social media reactions' and 'reflections' related to the Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade, according to a DHS bulletin obtained by Yahoo News. This alarmed current and former DHS officials and civil liberties advocates, who said the agency appears to have collected speech that is protected by the First Amendment.
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The monitoring of social media reactions and reflections in the wake of the Roe reversal was conducted in June, during Mayorkas’s tenure.on DHS and FBI's domestic terrorism response that is highly critical of DHS's social media monitoring programs. Civil liberties advocates said they were alarmed to learn that DHS’ Office of Intelligence and Analysis is monitoring protected speech.
“If this exercise of authority is justified by I&A’s oversight guidelines, it's just further proof that the guidelines authorize far too much intrusive data-gathering and that DHS has become untethered from its intended mission.”
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