Overview
- Roughly 250 people gathered Friday outside Hootsuite’s headquarters in Vancouver to oppose the company’s U.S. Department of Homeland Security contract.
- U.S. procurement records list Seneca Strategic Partners as the federal contractor supplying the Hootsuite platform and support services worth up to US$2.8 million.
- CEO Irina Novoselsky said the work with DHS does not involve tracking or surveillance of individuals and that such use is barred by Hootsuite’s terms of service.
- Organizers with Democracy Rising called for Hootsuite to terminate any ICE-related agreements, pledge not to enable detention or deportation, and publicly disclose all government and law-enforcement partnerships.
- A separate protest targeting Jim Pattison Developments was canceled after the company said it would not proceed with a Virginia property sale linked to an ICE facility, while Vancouver Police monitored the Hootsuite demonstration.