Friday, February 10, 2012

FBI watching you - on FB????

From Homeland Security News Wire:

FBI seeks system to monitor social networking sites

10 February, 2012

The FBI, seeking to monitor conversations on social networks like Facebook and Twitter, recently placed a request for information from technology companies to develop a system capable of automatically sifting through the torrents of “publicly available” data for keywords relating to terrorism, crime, and other matters of national security

FBI developing social media monitoring system // Source: indiafry.com


The FBI is the latest in a long line of federal agencies seeking to monitor conversations on social networks like Facebook and Twitter.

The bureau recently placed a request for information from technology companies to develop a system capable of automatically sifting through the torrents of “publicly available” data for keywords relating to terrorism, crime, and other matters of national security....


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