FBI does not believe it has the authority to monitor PUBLIC social media posts unless there is predi

[soothsayer]

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Ken Dilanian
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FBI Counterterrorism chief Jill Sanborn just made a crucial point: the FBI does not believe it has the authority to monitor PUBLIC social media posts unless there is predication such as an open investigation. That’s largely the bureau missed so many of the threats.

[hlthe2b]

1. How can they not be able to monitor what is PUBLIC?

[bdamomma]

18. That's a

stupid answer.

[SheltieLover]

2. Ridiculous!

[choie]

3. oh all of a sudden

they're saints?

[cachukis]

4. Really?

REALLY?

[soothsayer]

6. Yeah, not buying it

[Orrex]

5. Unless the suspects are brown

[uponit7771]

7. Nah, the Bureau didn't miss BLM protest I bet good money they were right on top of them ...

... its the people were white and they sympathize with them to some degree.

The rest of the excuses for the lack of action by the FBI is some bullshit

[WhiskeyGrinder]

8. lmaoooooooo

[BeerBarrelPolka]

9. The FBI

Has admitted that they actually broke wiretapping laws and whatnot, in their pursuit of organized crime in the late 60s/early 70s.

[MustLoveBeagles]

15. +1

They also did it to Vietnam War protestors. I'm not buying there excuses.

[BeerBarrelPolka]

19. The

The FBI and Secret Service are two vastly overrated organizations as far as ethics and honor. Much like Navy SEALS, they have done good things, but are more Hollywood hype than substance. We hear a lot about their successes and not nearly enough about their failures. USSS is a rather vast organization as is the FBI. There are some real dumb shits among them.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

10. Now that ... is a cop-out (nt)

[dweller]

11. Hi Agent Mike !

bc we know you’re here ...

✌🏻

[Hekate]

16. If Mike's been on DU all this time thinking we're into actual govt overthrow, he must be bored...

...out of his skull with us.

On the other hand, think how much he’s learned about democracy and the Constitution and stuff like that.

Hi, Agent Mike.

[dweller]

17. True

He’s probably loving his cush job, cruising to an early retirement ...
😎

✌🏻

[dhill926]

12. um yeah...no....

[Solly Mack]

13. Snort

[JT45242]

14. I call BS... NLP can do it, I saw the presentation

For the last three years people have been using NLP (natural language processing) a type of machine learning to identify hate speech and calls for violence.

Groups from a variety of university systems were using open source software to identify dangerous posts online.

If researchers can do it using NSF funding, then the FBI and NSA can certainly do it.

Someone at the top told them not to look for these threats among white supremacists. Did anyone ask who gave the order not to do it.