Project Alpha is a British Metropolitan Police Service intelligence gathering initiative set up in June 2019.[1] One of the functions of the initiative is gathering information from social media.[2] Its activities have included monitoring videos released by the UK drill music scene.[3][4]
According to The Guardian, it has been involved in large-scale gathering of information about children.[1]
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- ^ a b Crisp, Wil; Dodd, Vikram (2022-06-03). "Met police profiling children 'on a large scale', documents show". the Guardian. Retrieved 2022-06-03.
- ^ Dearden, Lizzie (2019-12-04). "New police unit using social media to predict outbreaks of gang violence". The Independent. Retrieved 2022-06-03.
- ^ Swann, Steve (2021-01-13). "Drill and rap music on trial". BBC News. Retrieved 2022-06-03.
- ^ Buckle, Becky (25 February 2022). "YouTube and Met Police are working together to remove rap and drill videos". Mixmag. Retrieved 2022-06-03.
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