Mike writes "A draft US Army intelligence report has identified the popular micro-blogging service Twitter as a potential terrorist tool. A chapter titled "Potential for Terrorist Use of Twitter" notes that Twitter members reported the July Los Angeles earthquake faster than news outlets and activists at the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis used it to provide information on police movements. "Twitter is already used by some members to post and/or support extremist ideologies and perspectives," the report said. The report goes on to say, "Terrorists could theoretically use Twitter social networking in the US as an operation tool". Just wait until the Army finds out about chat rooms and email!" Link to Original Source
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"Potential for Terrorist Use of Twitter" notes that Twitter members sent out messages, known as "Tweets," reporting the July Los Angeles earthquake faster than news outlets and activists at the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis used it to provide information on police movements.
"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 wi
OMG, Onoez, Sunday [today.com] -- A report by the US Army 304th Military Intelligence Battalion identifies Internet technologies such as Twitter as potential TERRORIST tools.
Twitter users reported the July Los Angeles earthquake faster than news outlets, and TERRORISTS protesting at the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis used it to provide information on police movements.
Other technologies were also examined for their TERRORIST uses. "Email could be used for TERRORIST messages, the anonymous troll comme
Terrorists or activists? (Score:2)
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OMG, Onoez, Sunday [today.com] -- A report by the US Army 304th Military Intelligence Battalion identifies Internet technologies such as Twitter as potential TERRORIST tools.
Twitter users reported the July Los Angeles earthquake faster than news outlets, and TERRORISTS protesting at the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis used it to provide information on police movements.
Other technologies were also examined for their TERRORIST uses. "Email could be used for TERRORIST messages, the anonymous troll comme