US Commerce Dept. says it will close a unit that monitored Americans' social media for Census disinformation, after finding it had overstepped its authority (Kim Lyons/The Verge)

Kim Lyons / The Verge:
US Commerce Dept. says it will close a unit that monitored Americans' social media for Census disinformation, after finding it had overstepped its authority  —  The ITMS unit in the Commerce Department overstepped its boundaries, an internal review found  —  The US Commerce Department …

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