🧵This THREAD adds context to the @BuzzFeedNews article: These Black Capitol Police Officers Describe Fighting Off "Racist Ass Terrorists"

There was an organized militia within the rioters. They must be arrested and charged with treason.
https://t.co/eheu8qH1W7

Two Black officers told BuzzFeed News that THEIR CHIEF and other UPPER MANAGEMENT left them totally unprepared and were NOWHERE to be found on the day. Some fought them off for two hours before the attackers eventually gained access.
Many widely spread images of smiling marauders, wandering the halls dressed in absurd costumes, had the effect of downplaying how well prepared some of the rioters were to overtake the building & even capture & kill Congress members. Listen at 8 sec
At 8 sec: "Yo we need everybody in here now. Take the paperwork. Take those papers" an organized militia can be heard saying.
ā€œThat was a heavily trained group of militia terrorists that attacked us,ā€ said the officer, who has been with the department for more than a decade. ā€œThey had radios, we found them, they had two-way communicators and earpieces. They had bear spray. Flash bangs.
They strategically put two IEDs, pipe bombs in two different locations. A lot of them were former military,ā€ the veteran said, referring to two suspected pipe bombs that were found outside the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee and the Republican National Committee
See this thread for more on these domestic terrorists. https://t.co/hqz5PFpg1O
The officer even described coming face to face with POLICE OFFICERS from across the country in the mob. He said some of them flashed their badges, telling him to let them through, and trying to explain that this was all part of a movement that was supposed to help.
ā€œI got called a nigger 15 times today,ā€ the veteran officer shouted in the rotunda to no one in particular. ā€œTrump did this and we got all of these fucking people in our department that voted for him. How the fuck can you support him?ā€
Two Seattle cops on leave for attending Capitol riots

ā€œThe fundamental question will be, ā€˜Is being present at the rally in and of itself a violation of department policy?ā€™ā€ he said. ā€œIt depends on what they did and what their role was in those events.ā€
https://t.co/pcLLJIgbgI
John Catanzara, Chicago Police Union President, believes the election was rigged: ā€œI don’t have any doubt that something shady happened.. You’re not going to convince me that many people voted for Joe Biden." https://t.co/bCtJOncfKQ
Jurell Snyder, former Oakland police officer defends Capitol mob and spreads conspiracies, earning ā€˜likes’ from OPD officers. On Facebook, he praises the extremist ā€œboogalooā€ movement and repeats false pro-Trump conspiracy theories. https://t.co/UPXCIW8qt2
The theft of Nancy Pelosi's laptop in the Capitol riots raises security concern. Another laptop stolen belonged to a Democratic senator Jeff Merkley of Oregon. https://t.co/uk49nqYGwA

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Due to the exorbitant length of the bill (it's 128 pages) I have to explain the specifics of the BREATEHE act in sections. This article only includes the first section of the bill, which is pages 1-10.

You can find the full bill here:
https://t.co/3WgchuFqXf


In the first 10 pages, the BREATHE Act moves to:

1. Repeal federal funding for local law enforcement.

The first two pages alone "abolishes" the D.E.A. and removes local law enforcement's ability to access federal funding for bulletproof vests.


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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! šŸ‘‡

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.