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A social media watcher says threats like the ones levelled against Thunder Bay Police are becoming more common on the internet. The hacker group Anonymous posted a video accusing police of not doing enough to investigate violence against First Nations women. Kate Milberry, a specialist in social media and surveillance with the University of Alberta, said Anonymous is becoming more political in the targets it selects. “They're quite ominous in a way,” she said. “They are [making] threats, make no mistake … they really have this end-of-the-world feel to me. But this is how this particular movement has coalesced." Holding police 'to account' Milberry says the growth of social media may make police forces more accountable for their actions. But it’s not just hacker groups like Anonymous who are trying to hold police answerable through technology. Milberry said everyday citizen...

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