LAPD Used Fake Social Media Accounts to Spy on Users: Documents

LAPD Used Fake Social Media Accounts to Spy on Users: Documents
The Los Angeles Police Department in downtown Los Angeles on Nov. 8, 2021. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times
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Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers used fake online personas to monitor social media users, and, at one point, considered employing tools that critics say would lead to law enforcement profiling innocent people, according to recently revealed government documents.

The documents, released by the Brennan Center for Justice following an open-records request with the LAPD, have raised concerns among critics that law enforcement’s online surveillance operations harm freedom of expression and encourage profiling.