MediaJustice

MediaJustice, alongside Color of Change, ACLU and ACLU of Northern California, sent a letter to Twitter, demanding they take immediate action to prevent its developers from facilitating government surveillance of people, particularly Black people, Indigenous people, and people of color who are organizing and leading ongoing demonstrations against police violence. According to the Intercept, a Twitter developer named Dataminr has provided police with tweets about these demonstrations and protesters. This practice poses an immediate thread to Twitter users and is contrary to the company’s stated commitments to free speech, equality, and justice.