The Minneapolis Police Department used covert or fake social media accounts to target Black individuals and groups, an investigation found. And it did so despite having no clear public safety rationale.
Regarding social media, it spotlighted departmental abuses turned up in a review spanning activity between 2010 and 2020.
The report acknowledged that law enforcement can have legitimate reasons for tracking social media “if a clear investigative purpose to advance public safety exists,” and if clear procedures and accountability mechanisms are in place. Minneapolis police spokesman Howie Padilla said his department was still digesting the document and declined further comment.
“What is happening in Minnesota is happening in many jurisdictions, because there are few rules in place and no accountability,” Ferguson said. “Police rummage through social media without limits, turning our digital lives into sources of surveillance. It might feel less violent than some of the other police misconduct, but it is still violative and wrong.”
“I would say that very few if any of the policies really gave detailed, robust limitations on the use of undercover accounts,” said Rachel Levinson-Waldman, deputy director of the Brennan Center’s Liberty and National Security Program.In Tennessee, a lawsuit by the state chapter of the ACLU exposed the use of covert Facebook accounts by Memphis officers to target activists of color and community justice advocates.
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