Holy shit y'all. VOST was using *Pinterest* to monitor social media during the Charlottesville KKK rally in July. https://twitter.com/don_chump/status/940900144609923072 …
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VOST is staffed by volunteers. They raise alerts up to law enforcement. This kind of monitoring is creepy but I'm personally unconcerned by it.
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There is nothing illegal or unusual to using my social media platform to advocate non-violent free speech and document events happening in a community where I've lived for almost a decade.
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I see that my "Excuse Me, America" piece made it to the VOST Pinterest board. Lemme just re-up that here:https://medium.com/resist-here/excuse-me-america-your-house-is-on-fire-lessons-from-charlottesville-on-the-kkk-and-alt-right-84aafddca685 …
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