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Boston Cops Go Undercover Online To Crack Down on Concerts

Posted by timothy on from the on-the-internet-dog dept.

Boston Police, according to an article at Slate, are engaging in a strange use of social media to fight crime. Or at least, to stop raucous music from disturbing the city. As the Slate writer says, "While police departments have been using social media to investigate for years, its use in such seemingly trivial crimes would be rather chilling, if these efforts didn’t seem so laughably inept."

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  1. Or Not. by jelwell · · Score: 5, Informative

    If you read the entire article, there's no proof that cops are going undercover. There's only proof that DIY show producers are paranoid. I'm more inclined to believe the latter.
    Joseph Elwell.