Homeland Security Is Monitoring The Drudge Report, The New York Times
Headlines, Liberty Thursday, January 12th, 2012
By ADAM CLARK ESTES, The Atlantic Wire
It’s unclear exactly why, but the Department of Homeland has been operating a “Social Networking/Media Capability” program to monitor the top blogs, forums and social networks online for at least the past 18 months. Based on a privacy compliance review from last November recently obtained by Reuters, the purpose of the project is to “collect information used in providing situational awareness and establishing a common operating picture.” Whatever that means. Either way, the list of sites reported by Reuters reveals in a Wednesday afternoon exclusive is pretty intriguing:
Social Networks
- Myspace
Blogs
- The Drudge Report
- The Huffington Post
- The New York Times’s Lede blog
To read more, visit: http://www.theatlanticwire.com/technology/2012/01/homeland-security-monitoring-drudge-report-new-york-times/47300/
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