FBI Creating Application to Monitor Social Media

Social Media

Social Media

The FBI has asked contractors to create an application that would let the agency scrape social media websites for information about potential domestic and international threats. The program would only collect information users make publicly available on sites like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. The information will be analyzed to predict the actions of suspect groups. Read the full article at BBC.co.uk

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Shelly Palmer is Fox 5 New York's On-air Tech Expert (WNYW-TV) and the host of Fox Television's monthly show Shelly Palmer Digital Living. He also hosts United Stations Radio Network's, Shelly Palmer Digital Living Daily, a daily syndicated radio report that features insightful commentary and a unique insiders take on the biggest stories in technology, media, and entertainment. He is Managing Director of Advanced Media Ventures Group, LLC an industry-leading advisory and business development firm and a member of the Executive Committee of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (the organization that bestows the coveted Emmy® Awards).