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EPIC - FOIA Documents Reveal DHS Monitoring Political Dissent on Social Networks
- adamrights 15y agoA good friend did the research and filed for the documents... it's going to be in the NY Times today too: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/14/us/federal-security-program-monitored-public-opinion.html?_r=3 http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/14/us/federal-security-progra...
- tzs 15y agoFrom the Times article, it doesn't sound like this was about monitoring "political dissent" but rather about seeing how the public felt about things. If I post something on my blog expressing my opinion on some issue, or I tweet about it, or otherwise broadcast it to the world, I'm happy if it is read by people who are in a position to decide that issue and might influence them to make the decision I want.