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Thursday, January 26, 2012

FBI Releases Plans To Monitor Social Networks

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation has quietly released details of plans to continuously monitor the global output of Facebook, Twitter and other social networks, offering a rare glimpse into an activity that the FBI and other government agencies are reluctant to discuss publicly. The plans show that the bureau believes it can use information pulled from social media sites to better respond to crises, and maybe even to foresee them.The information comes from a document released on 19 January looking for companies who might want to build a monitoring system for the FBI. It spells out what the bureau wants from such a system and invites potential contractors to reply by 10 February.

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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

And along with Facebook, don't forget they are monitoring blogs, blogs such as this one. And Joe has already admitted to helping the F.B.I.

So be careful what you send into internet space. It may come back to bite you.