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Ashley Yates is a young Black Lives Matter activist. She’s also known as @BrownBlaze on Twitter and has nearly 30,000 followers. But even she was shocked when she went from Missouri to New York City for a protest and police officers recognized her. That’s when Yates realized the police were tracking her on social media.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readAshley Yates is a young Black Lives Matter activist. She’s also known as @BrownBlaze on Twitter and has nearly 30,000 followers. But even she was shocked when she went from Missouri to New York City for a protest and police officers recognized her. That’s when Yates realized the police were tracking her on social media. That experience is documented in a new series about when surveillance in the digital age goes too far. The executive producer of the series tells us more.
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The full episode
4 of 5State of the State, Coastal Commission Coup, #OscarsSoWhite- 0:00State of the State
- 8:53California Coastal Commission
- 15:24Oscars So White
- 26:36Truth and PowerYou’re reading this
- 40:54Web Roundup