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THE Metropolitan Police has been collecting “children’s personal data” from social media sites as part of an anti-gang project carrying out “profiling on a large scale,” a police document has revealed.
The Home Office-funded scheme, called Project Alpha, started in July 2019 with the stated aim of gathering intelligence from social media such as Snapchat, Youtube and Instagram, to prevent instances of serious and gang-related crime.
A team of 30 staff are employed on the project to scroll through social media sites, looking at drill music videos and other content.
The Met Police's refusal to act against British nationals accused of war crimes in Gaza is a green light for Israel's genocide, writes CLAUDIA WEBBE
Digital ID means the government could track anyone and then limit their speech, movements, finances — and it could get this all wrong, identifying the wrong people for the wrong reasons, as the numerous digital cockups so far demonstrate, warns DYLAN MURPHY
