[lbo-talk] US Army report: Twitter popular with "socialists, vegetarians, anarchists"

B. docile_body at yahoo.com
Sat Oct 25 14:42:18 PDT 2008


http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jGd91R-NdcJLa8N6OBU76hbrVFyg

Terrorist 'tweets'? US Army warns of Twitter dangers Sat Oct 25, 2:22 pm ET

WASHINGTON (AFP) – A draft US Army intelligence report has identified the popular micro-blogging service Twitter, Global Positioning System maps and voice-changing software as potential terrorist tools.

The report by the 304th Military Intelligence Battalion, posted on the website of the Federation of American Scientists (FAS), examines a number of mobile and web technologies and their potential uses by militants.

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"Twitter has also become a social activism tool for socialists, human rights groups, communists, vegetarians, anarchists, religious communities, atheists, political enthusiasts, hacktivists and others to communicate with each other and to send messages to broader audiences," the report said.



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