ICE Expands Online Surveillance With Tool Tracking 200+ Websites

To ensure the safety of citizens throughout the world, and to enforce immigration laws, the Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have always relied heavily on social media monitoring as an essential component of their respective operations.

As an integral part of the agency’s “enhanced screening” protocols, which are applied to foreign nationals upon their arrival in the United States, such monitoring has been an integral part of the agency’s programs for several years. 

In addition to enforcing the protocols at borders and international airports, even visitors who are visiting the country for a limited period are subject to them.

As part of its extensive surveillance efforts, ICE has utilized a range of technological tools. These techniques include purchasing location information from third-party data brokers, accessing utility bill databases, and utilizing other information sources to track undocumented immigrants. 

In addition to gathering vast amounts of personal information, these methods enable the agency to conduct enforcement activities that are aimed at improving the quality of life of Americans.

Recent developments have shown that ICE has adopted a new, advanced surveillance tool that is capable of continuously gathering, organizing, and analyzing information from various online platforms. As reported by Joseph Cox for 404 Media, this tool combines data from several social media serv

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