Edmonton Police posted a video showing examples of what they consider "hate speech," urging citizens to report it online. They blanked out key words in every comment — and disabled their comments section shortly after posting.

So we decided to read what those comments actually said.

Once you fill in the blanks, the picture looks very different from what Edmonton Police wants you to believe. But that's not even the real story.

The Edmonton Police Service has already deployed automatic license plate readers, tested Clearview AI facial recognition, and became the first police department in the world to trial AI facial-recognition body cameras — scanning faces in real time against a watchlist of thousands of people. Documents show the results of that pilot still haven't been made public, months after it ended. All while using algorithmic AI social media surveillance software.

Now they're asking citizens to report each other for what they post online.

This isn't about hate. This is about controlling what we can and cannot say. This is about control.

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