Beverly Hills police officers intentionally played copyrighted music during interactions with a citizen activist to trigger Instagram's copyright detection algorithms and disrupt his live streams documenting police interactions.
Beverly Hills Police Department Sergeant Billy Fair and other officers intentionally played copyrighted music, including Sublime's 'Santeria' and The Beatles' 'In My Life,' during interactions with activist Sennett Devermont who was live-streaming on Instagram to his 300,000+ followers. The officers appeared to be attempting to exploit Instagram's copyright protection algorithms to either end the live streams or get them muted/removed. This occurred during multiple incidents when Devermont was filing complaints and asking questions about police conduct. The tactic was deployed by multiple BHPD officers, suggesting it was not an isolated incident. Instagram's copyright detection system was the AI technology being weaponized, though the platform's policies actually allow short clips of music in videos with visual components. Beverly Hills PD stated this was not official procedure and the incidents were under review. The activist was exercising his First Amendment right to record police officers, which is legally protected in California.
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