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On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 2:42 PM, B. <docile_body at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 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.
>
> [...]
>
> "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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