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As Police Monitor Social Media, Legal Lines Become Blurred

on February 28, 2014

"Ryan Calo, a professor at the University of Washington law school who specializes in privacy issues, says police could run into trouble searching on the Internet.

"If officers were [scanning social media] on the basis of gender and then making decisions on that basis, you could run into constitutional scrutiny," Calo says. "And you'd be almost sure to if your keyword involved the word 'Muslim.' "'

Date Published:03/03/2014
Original Publication:NPR

Published in: Press , social media , Privacy