Archiv: Dataminr (spy corporation)


25.06.2020 - 13:30 [ theIntercept.com ]

FBI Expands Ability to Collect Cellphone Location Data, Monitor Social Media, Recent Contracts Show

On May 26, as demonstrations around the country erupted over the police killing of George Floyd, the FBI signed an expedited agreement to extend its relationship with Dataminr, a company that monitors social media.

A few days later, the agency modified an agreement it signed in February with Venntel, Inc., a Virginia technology firm that maps and sells the movements of millions of Americans. The company purchases bulk location data and sells it largely to government agencies.

10.08.2019 - 23:30 [ New York Times ]

FBI wants to monitor Facebook and Instagram for domestic threats in real time

This is not the first time the FBI has sought access to a wide array of social media data. In 2016, the agency announced it had hired the social media analysis company Dataminr to allow law enforcement to „search the complete Twitter firehose, in near real-time, using customizable filters.“ Dataminr, which looks at open source information only, is also contracted by media outlets including CNN.