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Report: USPS Running ‘Covert’ Operation Monitoring Americans’ Social Media For ‘Inflammatory’ Posts

Tim Pearce
Report: USPS Running ‘Covert’ Operation Monitoring Americans’ Social Media For ‘Inflammatory’ Posts
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The United States Postal Service (USPS) is running a “covert operations program” monitoring Americans’ social media accounts for “inflammatory” posts.

The program is carried out by the USPS enforcement arm, the United States Postal Inspection Service (USPIS), and is called the Internet Covert Operations Program (iCOP). Analysts with the program monitor the social media posts of people attending rallies and protests, according to Yahoo News.

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