Toronto Police want to monitor you online—while ignoring real-world threats

Subhead:The Toronto Police Service isn’t racing to stop the carjackers terrorizing the city or confronting the pro-Hamas agitators marching through Jewish neighbourhoods—but they are eager to find out what you’re saying about them online.#

 

The Toronto Police Service isn’t racing to stop the carjackers terrorizing the city or confronting the pro-Hamas agitators marching through Jewish neighbourhoods—but they are eager to find out what you’re saying about them online.

A newly posted Request for Information (RFI) on MERX reveals that TPS is shopping for a real-time social media surveillance tool designed to flag “narratives that may impact operational effectiveness, officer safety, or public perception.”

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