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Full article was behind a paywall, but: The subheadline here is actually: "Social media firm cuts access to Dataminr, a service used to identify unfolding terr
by ErikAugust 10y ago
Full article was behind a paywall, but:
The subheadline here is actually: "Social media firm cuts access to Dataminr, a service used to identify unfolding terror attacks, political unrest"
So, Dataminr is a startup that had the firehose to do that kind of analysis.
All this could be is them putting a company that is built on top of Twitter out of business. They have done this plenty of times. Seems pretty heavily spun to make it sound like they are taking some sort of moral high ground.
- nemothekid 10y agoVery odd that this is branded as cutting off intelligence agencies then - this seems more like they are cutting off another company from the firehose like they did to DataSift when they acquired Ginp. Dataminr didn't provide access to the firehose, iirc, but had a really good event detection product. I had actually heard of them because I heard CNN was a very happy user of the product. EDIT: >The move doesn’t affect Dataminr’s service to financial industry, news media or other clients outside the intelligence community. The Wall Street Journal is involved in a trial of Dataminr’s news product. Read the article, and it seems media companies still have access. I guess Twitter is telling another company who their customers can and can't be.
- ErikAugust 10y agoRight - maybe just re-cut the government deals with itself down the line.
- x5n1 10y agoYeah probably Twitter for three letter agencies for a multi-million dollar contract is coming out soon is why.
- pcr0 10y agoGoogle the article to get around the paywall.
- ludamad 10y agoEquivalently, click on the 'web' link
- tomek_zemla 10y agoBased on the following article "Twitter holds an estimated 5% stake in Dataminr", so it would not make sense to put them out of business... http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2016/05/09/report-twitter-blocks-feds-data-mining-service/84130024/ http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2016/05/09/report-twitte...