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Euan Thomson
@drugdatadecoded.ca

Here’s a $75,000 contract Hootsuite sold to Calgary police for social media surveillance in 2023. Not sure why anyone would be interested in that though.

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Euan Thomson
@drugdatadecoded.ca

Here’s one Calgary police signed with Meltwater for similar services, thinly veiled in pitch documents to include apparent facial recognition services. Anyone know what it could mean? I can’t figure it out.

Euan Thomson
@drugdatadecoded.ca

Psych! Here’s an article explaining why Calgary police wanted these Hootsuite and Meltwater contracts, as well as providing full access to the contracts and correspondence obtained through freedom of information. drugdatadecoded.ca/calgary-poli...

drugdatadecoded.caCalgary police "image recognition" by Hootsuite identifies individuals in photos & videos posted onlineDocuments show that two years after being caught using Clearview AI facial recognition software, Calgary police signed contracts for AI software that scours photos and videos for individuals. Have pol...
Euan Thomson
@drugdatadecoded.ca

I had to pay Calgary police $1,133 to release these documents, so if you can share it with all your friends it’ll make it all worthwhile. There’s even a paid subscription option in the article if you wanna help that way! drugdatadecoded.ca/calgary-poli...

drugdatadecoded.caCalgary police "image recognition" by Hootsuite identifies individuals in photos & videos posted onlineDocuments show that two years after being caught using Clearview AI facial recognition software, Calgary police signed contracts for AI software that scours photos and videos for individuals. Have pol...