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US immigration enforcement used an AI-powered tool to scan social media posts "derogatory" to the US | "The government should not be using algorithms to scrutinize our social media posts" (www.techspot.com)

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US immigration enforcement used an AI-powered tool to scan social media posts "derogatory" to the US | "The government should not be using algorithms to scrutinize our social media posts"::undefined

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[–] sunbytes@lemmy.world 27 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I for one welcome... blah blah

Yeah this is scary and honestly why I'm super careful what I put online. Well, mostly.

There are professional social media checkers who will find your hidden/locked social media (and Reddit etc).

They get hired by recruitment agencies or companies who are hiring.

And on the surface it could be to check no one is a secret nazi/chauvanist etc

But I bet there's secondary data about political leanings or how "appropriate" your friends are.

Or if you're willing to be a part of the old boy's club (coke and strippers is fine for execs, but you can't have a nephew who is in a labor union etc).

[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Yep. The CCP's social credit system was always going to be the end game of surveillance capitalism. It will be spearheaded by conservatives because they're the most religious, authoritarian, and have an innate desire to restrict social progress and enforce their views on everyone else.

The best part is they'll claim it's completely different and represents Freedom™️ because it'll be established by capitalism... Even though it's functionally identical, the CCP are more capitalist than communist, and western conservatives jizz their pants at the level of power and control the CCP have over the Chinese people.

[–] netburnr@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Yeah, my company for sure checks all social media during hiring background checks.