Neither AI inaccuracy nor FOIA requests nor human rights stays USPS surveillance

For some privacy advocates in the United States, news that the U.S. Postal Service is accused of using facial recognition and social media surveillance unlawfully is a double dilemma.

It is first and foremost further proof that no agency is immune from the temptations of algorithmic prying.

And at the same time, the post office is the only unit of the federal government that enjoys broad support across most strata of American culture. The only analogous agency is not even found in the United States. It is the National Health Service in the United Kingdom.

The Electronic Privacy Information Center is suing in federal court to halt the Internet Covert Operations Program operated by the post office.