FBI plans monitoring social networkJanuary 27, 2012 - 17:14 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Users of social networks like Facebook, Google+ and Twitter may have to watch what they do online - the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is planning to continuously monitor the global output of these services. A blog post on science-oriented website NewScientist.com said the FBI claims it can use data pulled from these services to better respond to - and even foresee - crises. The FBI has quietly released details of its plans to continuously monitor these social networks, NewScientist.com added. "The bureau's wish list calls for the system to be able to automatically search "publicly available" material from Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites for keywords relating to terrorism, surveillance operations, online crime and other FBI missions. Agents would be alerted if the searches produce evidence of 'breaking events, incidents, and emerging threats,'" GMA News reported quoting NewScientist.com. It said the FBI, in a document released January 19, is looking for companies who might want to build a monitoring system for the FBI. Potential contractors were invited to reply by February 10. Under the plan, FBI agents can display tweets and other information captured by the system on a map, where they can add layers of other data. Such data may include the locations of US embassies and military installations, details of previous terrorist attacks and the output from local traffic cameras. Also, the document suggests that the bureau wants to use social media to target specific users or groups of users. Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. |