ShadowDragon tracks BabyCenter, a website for people expecting children, as well as social media sites specifically for Black people, bodybuilders, and the fetish community.

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Clemens is the founder and CEO of ShadowDragon, a government contractor which is selling social media surveillance technology. According to internal emails obtained under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) by the privacy activist group EPIC and shared with 404 Media, ShadowDragon’s clients include investigative elements of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), which recently switched to ShadowDragon after dropping another provider.

Beyond those emails, leaked audio from inside an industry event and a review of ShadowDragon’s public comments provide more insight into a government contractor that says its tools can be used to monitor protests, and which is also gathering data from video games like Fortnite and images from BabyCenter, a reference and pregnancy tracking site for new and expecting parents, as well as social media sites for Black people, bodybuilders, and the fetish community.

The State Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration have also purchased ShadowDragon, according to public procurement records. In one video, Clemens says the company has also worked with the FBI. Clemens told 404 Media that the company’s clients also include corporations and nonprofits.

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