Homeland Security Is Monitoring Websites And Social Media

Homeland Security Watches Twitter, Social Media -- Yahoo News/Reuters

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's command center routinely monitors dozens of popular websites, including Facebook, Twitter, Hulu, WikiLeaks and news and gossip sites including the Huffington Post and Drudge Report, according to a government document.

A "privacy compliance review" issued by DHS last November says that since at least June 2010, its national operations center has been operating a "Social Networking/Media Capability" which involves regular monitoring of "publicly available online forums, blogs, public websites and message boards."

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WNU Editor: Cryptome has published a copy of this Homeland Security government document (PDF link to document copy).