This. Is. Horrifying.

Inside the Capitol siege: How barricaded lawmakers and aides sounded urgent pleas for help as police lost control

When I was Assembly presiding officer I worked closely w/our sergeant at arms. And when I introduced the bill to end Open Carry I had to travel with armed escorts to public events. There is no excuse for this type of breakdown of security in a professional law-enforcement body
This reminds me of an event in 2017 #ProudBoys began harassing attendees at an event in #SanDiego at the @SanDiegoCounty Admin Bldg. Deputies stood & watched so I called @SDSheriff Bill Gore on his cellphone & asked him: Why are your Deputies letting Proud Boys incite fights? 3/
I joined w/event organizers to meet w/@SDSheriff Gore in August re:this event. We also reported it to #CLERB.

A few days later: Heather Peyer was run over & killed by a violent white nationalist in Charlottesville & the #SanDiego #ProudBoys were arrested... in Berkeley 4/
It didn't stop them: They organized a "Pizza Party" at Chicano Park that required @sandiegoPD response. They put out invitations that used the @SDSheriff address as their own & called themselves "Border Patriots"

In other words: they've been hiding in plain sight for years 5/
They weren't done: a few months later they joined disgraced/pardoned Rep. #DuncanHunter at Otay Mesa & attacked counter-protesters as- once again- @SDSheriff Deputies stood back and watched the mayhem & violences 6/
These are increasingly violent white supremacists- threatening & engaging in confrontations w/people. @SDSheriff Deputies stood & watched them harass & attack people

Those of us in #SanDiego have been watching for 3.5 years & are tired of asking law enforcement to protect us 7/
It's time for elected officials to step up & stop the violence. The question is: will they stand up for people- or let @SanDiegoPD & @SDSheriff continue to ignore local, violent #ProudBoys?

@SupFletcher @SupNoraVargas @JoelAndersonCA @lawsonremer @CMJenCampbell @ToddGloria 8/
FYI local journalists- just in case you'd like to connect the dots btwn local #ProudBoys, lack of LEO response for years & what happened this week in DC 9/

@KenStoneMedia @SDuncovered @SDUTmcdonald @Presspasslc @LisaHalverstadt @KPBSnews @CarloNews8 @ArtieNBCSD @LaPrensaSD
Another impediment to change: campaign money

Police unions give money to #SanDiego candidates.
Once elected- they increase LEO salaries & budgets

Locally, @LorenaAD80 was the top recipient of #lapd money among California legislators: $30,000 in a few days in 2019. 10/

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Recently, the @CNIL issued a decision regarding the GDPR compliance of an unknown French adtech company named "Vectaury". It may seem like small fry, but the decision has potential wide-ranging impacts for Google, the IAB framework, and today's adtech. It's thread time! 👇

It's all in French, but if you're up for it you can read:
• Their blog post (lacks the most interesting details):
https://t.co/PHkDcOT1hy
• Their high-level legal decision: https://t.co/hwpiEvjodt
• The full notification: https://t.co/QQB7rfynha

I've read it so you needn't!

Vectaury was collecting geolocation data in order to create profiles (eg. people who often go to this or that type of shop) so as to power ad targeting. They operate through embedded SDKs and ad bidding, making them invisible to users.

The @CNIL notes that profiling based off of geolocation presents particular risks since it reveals people's movements and habits. As risky, the processing requires consent — this will be the heart of their assessment.

Interesting point: they justify the decision in part because of how many people COULD be targeted in this way (rather than how many have — though they note that too). Because it's on a phone, and many have phones, it is considered large-scale processing no matter what.