"Immigration and Customs Enforcement has inked a new $5.7 million contract for AI-driven social media surveillance software, according to federal procurement records reviewed by The Lever. It's the latest move in the agency's ongoing quest to build out a social media surveillance dragnet."
"An informational pamphlet marked confidential but publicly available online advertises that Zignal Labs "leverages artificial intelligence and machine learning" to analyze over 8 billion social media posts per day, providing "curated detection feeds" for its clients. The information, the company says, allows law enforcement to "detect and respond to threats with greater clarity and speed.""
"The licenses will be provided to Homeland Security Investigations, ICE's intelligence unit, to provide "real-time data analysis for criminal investigations," per the disclosure."
ICE secured a five-year, $5.7 million contract through Carahsoft for licenses to Zignal Labs, a social media monitoring platform. Zignal Labs uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to analyze billions of social media posts daily and offers curated detection feeds intended to help law enforcement detect and respond to threats more quickly. Zignal already has federal contracts with the Secret Service, Department of Defense, and Department of Transportation and is used by the Israeli military and the Pentagon. The new licenses are designated for Homeland Security Investigations to support real-time data analysis for criminal investigations, expanding ICE's social media surveillance tools.
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