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This 'College Protester' Isn't Real. It's an AI-Powered Undercover Bot for Cops

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235 points colinprince | 4 comments | 17 Apr 25 13:57 UTC | HN request time: 0.637s | source
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nekochanwork ◴[17 Apr 25 15:45 UTC] No.43718533[source]▶
SCOTUS ruled in Mathews v. United States (1998) and in Jacobson v. United States (1992) that the government cannot induce a person to commit a crime, then arrest that individual for that crime.

Now the government is rolling out fully-automated entrapment bots.

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netsharc ◴[17 Apr 25 16:03 UTC] No.43718759[source]▶
The FBI has been doing a lot of prodding people to say they hate the country, and then telling them to do a bombing, and then providing them with a (fake) bomb, and then telling the public "We caught another terrorist!": https://www.hrw.org/report/2014/07/21/illusion-justice/human...

Also reminds me of the Gretchen Whitmer kidnapping plot: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/02/gretchen-whitmer...

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Miner49er ◴[17 Apr 25 16:43 UTC] No.43719291[source]▶
Another example: https://theintercept.com/2015/11/19/an-fbi-informant-seduced...
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1. apawloski ◴[17 Apr 25 16:46 UTC] No.43719333[source]▶
If the new person in your friend group suddenly wants everyone to commit an act of terror, chances are they are an FBI agent.
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2. pixl97 ◴[17 Apr 25 17:17 UTC] No.43719724[source]▶
Well, that or they are dumb and the FBI is watching them already.
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3. rolph ◴[17 Apr 25 17:24 UTC] No.43719799[source]▶
how about if someone xeno just has to get latched into your life, no matter how much of an arsewhole you act like.

in my experience people dont want to socially invest in unknown people, unless a friend, family, social group vouches or introduces you.

when you get a clingon, its almost always no good.

4. potato3732842 ◴[17 Apr 25 17:36 UTC] No.43719942[source]▶
>Well, that or the feds got them on something else and promised leniency if they become an "informant" and goading you into some bigger bust is part of the deal

Fixed to reflect typical federal government procedure.