U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to monitor and locate ‘negative’ social media discussion about the agency and its top officials, according to contract documents

Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to monitor and locate “negative” social media discussion about the agency and its top officials.

The agency is asking contractors to drill down into the background of social media users.

The document states that the contractor will use “social and behavioral sciences” and “psychological profiles” to accomplish threat detection.

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