NY Police to Boost Social Media ‘Surveillance Efforts’ to Fight ‘Hate Crimes’ Fed by War Abroad

Published on November 14, 2023

New York State Police will expand the scale of their monitoring of “negativity” and “hate speech” online, as part of Gov. Kathy Hochul’s $75 million plan to tackle the rise in “hate crimes” related to the Middle Eastern war. “We’ve not seen this level of hate crimes and fear since Sept. 12, 2001,” Ms. Hochul said at a news conference on Monday, following an emergency meeting with the state’s Jewish community leaders and local and federal law enforcement officials. “It’s painful to see the cruelty with which New Yorkers are treating each other. Everywhere from college campuses, to our streets, to schools, to playgrounds; even as they’re entering their houses of worship,” the Democrat governor said, noting that the increase in hate crimes “began instantaneously” as Hamas terrorists launched a brutal attack on Israel....

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