FB Users calling on EVERYONE to check-in at Standing Rock, ND

[G_j]

Last edited Mon Oct 31, 2016, 02:50 PM - Edit history (4)

"The Morton County Sheriff's Department has been using Facebook check-ins to find out who is at Standing Rock in order to target them in attempts to disrupt the prayer camps. SO Water Protecters are calling on EVERYONE to check-in at Standing Rock, ND to overwhelm and confuse them. This is concrete action that can protect people putting their bodies and well-beings on the line that we can do without leaving our homes. Will you join me in Standing Rock?"

-most users I've seen are checking into "Standing Rock Sioux Tribe"

Snopes cannot confirm, however Sacred Stones Camp said this:

There is no doubt that law enforcement comb social media for incriminating material and monitor communications.

There is no solid line between "organizers" and "others"- this is a movement, not an organization. There are many camps and points of contact, we can only verify that it did not originate from the Sacred Stone Camp FB page. We support the tactic, and think it is a great way to express solidarity.

http://www.snopes.com/facebook-check-in-at-standing-rock/

[Brickbat]

1. I don't understand this at all. Why on earth would the sheriff's department use Facebook when

they can just go and disrupt people in real life?

[Sylvarose]

2. If you are doing this (as I am) please keep in mind the following:

If you're sharing your location at Randing Stock
1) make it public
2) make the clarification post separate, and so that only your friends can see it
3) don't clarify on your check in, message friends who say "stay safe!" to let them know what's up -- the stay safe posts are more convincing / confusing for anyone checking
4) copy paste to share clarification messages (like this one) because making it public blows our cover
5) say "Randing Stock" in clarification posts so that when they filter out / search those terms, your post is visible to the right people

[cwydro]

6. Huh?

[Sylvarose]

9. Passing on the tips I've read

...about this check-in movement. Do you have a specific question?

[cwydro]

19. Your post is baffling.

Makes no sense.

[snooper2]

3. Pipeline being built on private land- I guess nobody drove there right?

They all walked?

[ismnotwasm]

4. K&R

[d_r]

5. help me

I checked in at "standing rock nation" is that correct? Or just "standing rock, nd?"

[G_j]

7. most I've seen are checking into "Standing Rock Sioux Tribe" nt

[d_r]

13. Thanks

[ismnotwasm]

8. Go on Facebook and "check in" using Standing Rock

The FBI--NOT our friends, are tracking who is there via Facebook iand the protesters want a counter action. I and many of my friend have already done this. You don't need to physically be at Standing Rock to do this--in case anyone is confused

[ohnoyoudidnt]

18. Would the FBI not have the ability to see

the gps location of the people that check in?

I'm checking in anyway, but it seems like they would be able to figure out what check ins came from people who are actually there.

[Orrex]

10. Won't I look like a white poser asshole if I do that?

I don't mind looking like an asshole, but if I'm not actually "standing" with them in any tangible way, will my "checking in" accomplish anything beyond making me feel better?

[ismnotwasm]

11. No--lots of white people are supporting this movement

The "checking in" is a counter strategy, and movement leaders are asking for this. The movement is criminally underreported-and they are doing whatever they can to keep the fight going.

[Orrex]

12. Ok, then that's cool. Count me in.

I didn't want to presume to be part of the struggle (i.e., "Now that some anonymous white dude haz a sad, the issue is Serious&quot , but if the leaders are calling for it, then I'm happy to support their effort.

[Skittles]

14. fuck Facebook

[cwydro]

20. Yes.

I'm with you.

This is silly.

[LynneSin]

15. If you really want to support the cause then donate!

https://fundrazr.com/d19fAf?ref=sh_25rPQa

The check-in was some random viral FB thing that even snopes isn't sure how it originated. But neither the police nor the people at Standing Rock take claim for it.

[ismnotwasm]

16. Friend of mine has a page that is promoting it

If nothing else it shows solidarity--and not everyone is in a position to donate.

[ismnotwasm]

17. Who’s at Standing Rock?

Protesters against the Dakota Access Pipeline at Standing Rock, North Dakota, believe the local Morton County sheriff’s department is monitoring Facebook “check-ins” at the Indian reservation to get a sense of who’s protesting. And someone’s apparently trying to mess with that monitoring.

A call went out for Facebook users over the weekend to falsely check in at Standing Rock to confuse the police regarding protester identities and numbers. But it isn’t clear whether the directive came from organizers on the ground at the Camp of the Sacred Stone, who call themselves Water Protectors because of the purported threat that the planned pipeline poses to Standing Rock’s water supply, or whether it’s a hoax.

Hoax or not, the social media campaign had gone viral by Monday. Keshia Pendigrast, a student and staff member at the Union Theological Seminary in New York, said she had more than 65 friends check in at Standing Rock on Monday morning alone. After investigating further, she decided to add her name. “I think we underestimate how often Facebook is used by law enforcement,” Pendigrast said. “So if my small check-in confuses a sheriff somewhere, I’m happy.”

https://news.vice.com/story/facebook-users-are-falsely-checking-in-at-standing-rock-to-confuse-police

[azmom]

21. Kick