Ice Is Planning To Create A Surveillance Team That Hunts For Leads On Social Media

The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has plans to build retired a 24/7/365 surveillance squad that focuses connected scouring societal media for lawsuit leads, arsenic revealed successful documents first discovered by Wired. According to nationalist records, ICE has put retired a request for information — which allows nan agency to item its preliminary scope of activity to gauge immoderate liking from contractors — that specifications utilizing societal media platforms for illustration Facebook, X, Instagram, TikTok, Reddit and YouTube to create leads connected wanted individuals.

For "urgent cases," nan squad is expected to activity connected leads pinch ICE's Top 10 Most Wanted wrong a 30-minute timeframe. However, nan breadth of activity ranges each nan measurement to low-priority cases, for illustration those involving personification convicted of a non-violent misdemeanor aliases "has nary convictions but has a important apprehension history," pinch a much generous eight-hour model to make leads.

According to nan documents, ICE wants astatine slightest 12 full-time unit to activity astatine its National Criminal Analysis and Targeting Center successful Williston, Vermont, which will require 3 staffers connected work astatine each times. On nan different broadside of nan country, ICE is looking for a minimum unit of 16 full-time contractors for its Pacific Enforcement Response Center successful Santa Ana, California, that will besides person a work rotation of astatine slightest 2 staffers connected for "after-hour requirements and emergency situations."

While nan plans are successful nan very early stages, ICE's plans are fierce and moreover inquire really prospective contractors would usage artificial intelligence to execute its goals. The national agency is nary alien to arguable tech though, arsenic it has antecedently been accused of utilizing facial recognition.