LAPD shows how police use social media to gather evidence

The Los Angeles Police Department trialed an artificial intelligence program designed to pinpoint users likely to commit crimes using their friends lists, location data and analyses of their social media posts. Voyager Labs claims that their software can go further than scanning text for keywords - they say their AI can gauge a user’s conviction to their ideologies using what they call ’sentiment analysis’ and determine whether an individual with extremist views has the ’passion needed to act on their beliefs.’ It isn’t the first third-party service that the department has used to surveil social media, Opponents of the practice argue that the programs lead to the unfair targeting of minorities and activists, violate first-amendment rights and aren’t scientifically based. Original Article: Original Video: Daily Mail Facebook: Daily Mail IG: Daily Mail Snap: Daily Mail Twitter: Daily Mail Pinterest: Daily Mail Google : DailyMail Get the free Daily Mail mobile app: