Project Alpha (police) explained

Project Alpha is a British Metropolitan Police Service intelligence gathering initiative set up in June 2019. One of the functions of the initiative is gathering information from social media.[1] Its activities have included monitoring videos released by the UK drill music scene.[2] [3]

According to The Guardian, it has been involved in large-scale gathering of information about children.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dearden . Lizzie . 2019-12-04 . New police unit using social media to predict outbreaks of gang violence . 2022-06-03 . The Independent . en.
  2. News: Swann . Steve . 2021-01-13 . Drill and rap music on trial . en-GB . BBC News . 2022-06-03.
  3. Web site: YouTube and Met Police are working together to remove rap and drill videos . 2022-06-03 . Mixmag. Becky . Buckle. 25 February 2022.
  4. Web site: Crisp . Wil . Dodd . Vikram . 2022-06-03 . Met police profiling children 'on a large scale', documents show . 2022-06-03 . the Guardian . en.

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