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The AI Tools CBP Is Using to Scan Social Media


Customs and Border Protection released more documents last week that show which AI-powered tools that agency has been using to identify people of interest.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is using various artificial intelligence tools, including ones that can quickly identify people of interest by pulling data from social media, according to documents published by the agency last week and marketing material from the contractors. The release of these documents happened the same week that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced it will “ Begin Screening Aliens’ Social Media Activity for Antisemitism.” U.S. That statement of work from September 2023 says “OSINT Team analysts, working alongside CBP’s tactical targeting/analytical units, intelligence support cells, and enforcement units, use a commercially available tools and analytical tradecraft methodologies to exploit asymmetric data sources to inform targeting, vetting, and network development and analysis workflows.”

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