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Surveilling the George Floyd protests
2020Dataminr relayed information about 2020 racial-justice protests to police, despite policies meant to prohibit surveillance of lawful demonstrations.
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Sam Hendel
Co-founder
Yale graduate who co-founded Dataminr in 2009 alongside Ted Bailey and Jeff Kinsey; previously served as President of the company and sits on its board.
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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.