Abuse
Surveilling the George Floyd protests
2020Dataminr relayed information about 2020 racial-justice protests to police, despite policies meant to prohibit surveillance of lawful demonstrations.
Investor
MSD Capital
Michael Dell's family office; backed Dataminr.
People behind it
Surveillance portfolio (1)
Incidents across the portfolio
Abuse
Monitoring abortion-rights protests
2022After Roe's reversal, reporting found the U.S. Marshals using Dataminr to monitor abortion-rights demonstrations, with alerts fed to law enforcement.