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Racine considers plan to allow police to monitor social media

Sept. 02, 2014
Sept. 02, 2014 0

Funding for the purchase of software that would enable Racine police to track activity on social media is under consideration by the city's Common Council, WDJT-TV (Channel 58) in Milwaukee reported Tuesday.

If approved, $4,200 in federal funds would be used to start a new computer program called Snaptrends, which would allow police to track the activity within a geographic area, according to a story posted on the station's website.

Racine Ald. Eddie Diehl wants to make sure Racine police only use the data for active investigations, so years of data isn't stored forever, the station reported.

American Civil Liberties Union Executive Director Chris Ahmuty told the station: "There are privacy implications, there are Fourth Amendment implications. The law is not really settled."

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