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Euan Thomson
@drugdatadecoded.ca

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Euan Thomson@drugdatadecoded.ca

For the Monday YYC crowd: your police chief resigned with no formal reason. Here’s one: his office was surveilling citizens’ social media, while the police commission was apparently kept in the dark. A 10-month exclusive investigation, the tip of a big iceberg. drugdatadecoded.ca/calgary-poli...

drugdatadecoded.caCalgary police is monitoring social media of citizensAs Chief Mark Neufeld announces his resignation, a ten-month investigation by Drug Data Decoded reveals extensive social media monitoring by his media relations unit that could violate privacy regulat...

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Euan Thomson
@drugdatadecoded.ca

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