Texas Department of Public Safety now tracks hateful rhetoric online

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Houston Chronicle by  Taylor Goldenstein Sep. 17, 2019

The Texas Department of Public Safety has started monitoring racist and incendiary rhetoric online, such as that used by the suspected El Paso shooter, in the hopes of preventing violent attacks in the future.

The agency’s director Steve McCraw told a select House committee on mass violence prevention Tuesday that the agency had not previously done that work.

“There’s no personnel that I’m aware of that were monitoring the types of forums that we’ve been talking about,” McCraw said. “That did not exist.”

More: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/politics/texas/article/Texas-Department-of-Public-Safety-now-tracks-14446941.php

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Interesting.  So who defines "hateful speech" and what will they do? Deny the right to stand in line for hours to renew a license?

(Oh dear, that probably sounds hateful.)

[Elderberry]

Interesting.  So who defines "hateful speech" and what will they do? Deny the right to stand in line for hours to renew a license?

(Oh dear, that probably sounds hateful.)

Probly covered here: https://gov.texas.gov/uploads/files/press/Texas_Safety_Action_Report.pdf