NYPD spent millions to contract with firm banned by Meta for fake profiles

New York law enforcement agencies have spent millions of dollars to expand their capabilities to track and analyze social media posts, new documents show, including by contracting with a surveillance firm accused of improperly scraping social media platforms for data. 

Documents show authorities bought Voyager Lab products which the company claims can use AI to map online human behavior

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/08/new-york-police-tracking-voyager-labs-meta-contract