Dominick Skinner is dedicated to tracking the identities of immigration officials. Hundreds of volunteers have participated in his project, and in the last 30 days alone, his website has received nearly a million visits
I checked out the website. But what is stopping somebody from just uploading someone they don’t like and pretending they are a propagandists or other affiliated with ICE?
It does appear there are some citations here. A few I looked at linked to the person’s own LinkedIn profile associating them with ICE.
But, yes, broadly this is a problem with crowdsourcing this kind of intelligence. Twitter mobs back in the day attacked the wrong person more than once thinking they were a criminal.
I checked out the website. But what is stopping somebody from just uploading someone they don’t like and pretending they are a propagandists or other affiliated with ICE?
The article says one of their reference points is AI facial reconstruction, from as little as 35% exposure as a starting point.
I love the idea, but I’d also like to know more about how they avoid false positives.
It does appear there are some citations here. A few I looked at linked to the person’s own LinkedIn profile associating them with ICE.
But, yes, broadly this is a problem with crowdsourcing this kind of intelligence. Twitter mobs back in the day attacked the wrong person more than once thinking they were a criminal.