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Dakota Pipeline Protesters Demonstrate Through Facebook Check-ins

by Associated Press

   BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA --

   A flurry of Facebook check-ins to the Standing Rock Indian Reservation
   at the epicenter of a protest against the Dakota Access pipeline is at
   least partially a response to a posting that law enforcement is
   tracking protesters.
   Most people, however, probably aren't actually making the trip to
   remote North Dakota.
   The check-ins appear to be in reaction to a Facebook post that claims
   law enforcement is using the social media giant to track protesters.
   The post urges people who support the protest to check into the site to
   confuse authorities.
   The Morton County Sheriff's Department fired back with a post of its
   own Monday, calling the claim "absolutely false."
   The main camp supporting the protest says the check-ins brought welcome
   publicity, but also urged supporters to take "physical action," as
   well.
   More than 140 people were arrested at the site over the weekend.