Lawsuits Challenge Trump Administration's Social Media Surveillance Program
Unions are suing the Trump administration over alleged mass social media surveillance, claiming it monitors posts, intimidates non-citizens, and threatens visa revocations.
Overview
- Unions have initiated legal action against the Trump administration, seeking to block an alleged mass social media surveillance program.
- The lawsuits claim the administration is conducting viewpoint investigations, monitoring social media posts deemed hostile or threatening.
- This surveillance program is accused of targeting and intimidating non-citizens, potentially leading to visa revocations.
- The legal challenges aim to halt the government's alleged practice of using social media to monitor and target individuals.
- Plaintiffs are requesting a judge's order to immediately stop the Trump administration's controversial social media surveillance activities.
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Analysis
Center-leaning sources neutrally cover the lawsuit filed by the EFF and unions against the Trump administration. They meticulously report the lawsuit's allegations of mass social media surveillance, attributing all strong claims and characterizations directly to the plaintiffs. The coverage details the alleged targeting of specific viewpoints and potential punishments, presenting these as factual reports of the legal filing without editorial endorsement or evaluative language.
"The lawsuit contends that the government is using AI and other methods to watch the social media posts of virtually every single non-citizen who is in the United States legally and on a valid visa."
TechCrunch"The latest lawsuit makes a different argument than the other two lawsuits: In addition to challenging the deportations of visa holders, it targets the Trump administration’s mass searches of social media, saying it amounts to an unlawful program of widespread surveillance and suppresses dissent."
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