Friday, November 4, 2011

CIA Is Watching Twitter And Facebook Traffic

The CIA reportedly keeps eyes on everything from blogs to tweets to more traditional media. Reuters

CIA Monitors Facebook, Twitter: Five Million Tweets A Day -- ZDNet

Summary: Based in an anonymous industrial unit close to CIA headquarters, a unit of the agency, dubbed the “vengeful librarians”, scour Facebook, Twitter and more for real-time intelligence.

The Associated Press this morning reports an exclusive, explaining how the White House can receive real-time updates on a situation on the ground, leading up to a revolution, predicting crime and disorder, or the ‘mood in the air’ shortly after the death of Osama bin Laden.

The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency on a daily basis, out of an “anonymous industrial park in Virginia”, follows over 5 million tweets by users on the ground.

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More News On The CIA Monitoring Facebook And Twitter

AP Exclusive: CIA following Twitter, Facebook
-- Yahoo News/AP
CIA's 'vengeful librarians' track Twitter, Facebook -- CNET
CIA 'Open Source Center' monitors Facebook, Twitter -- The Register
Facebook, Twitter Being Monitored by the CIA -- IBTimes
CIA is watching tweets, Facebook -- Washington Post
CIA monitoring Twitter and Facebook to capture global attitude -- The Verge
Be Careful What You Tweet: CIA Monitoring Twitter, Facebook -- PCMag
CIA eyes up to 5M tweets a day -- Politico
CIA center monitors TV, tweets and tantalizing tidbits in Facebook -- Stars and Stripes
How The CIA Uses Social Media to Track How People Feel -- The Atlantic

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