Congress Presses Postal Service After Report Agents Are Monitoring American Social Media Accounts

Congress Presses Postal Service After Report Agents Are Monitoring American Social Media Accounts
A United States Postal Service mail carrier delivers mail in El Paso, Texas, on April 30, 2020. Paul Ratje/AFP via Getty Images
Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
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Members of Congress on Thursday asked Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to provide information about an alleged group in the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) that has been monitoring Americans’ social media accounts.

The United States Postal Inspection Service is the law enforcement arm of the Postal Service. The inspection service has a group called the Internet Covert Operations Program (iCOP) that has been monitoring activity on social media, including posts on Parler and Telegram, according to Yahoo News, which says it obtained a March government bulletin on the matter.
Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
Zachary Stieber is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times based in Maryland. He covers U.S. and world news. Contact Zachary at [email protected]
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