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Cues to Deception in Social Media Communications
War in the 'clouds'...
Richard
Pentagon Wants To Learn How To Mold Social Media To Prevent “Adverse Outcomes”
Time, 9 Jul 2014
<snip>The fog of war now includes rolling clouds of Tweets, Facebook posts and Instagram photos that the Pentagon wants to filter, track and exploit. Enveloping the globe, from friends and foes alike, the torrent of data can serve as an early-warning system of trouble brewing—or a leading indicator of imminent action by a potential troublemaker.
That’s why the Defense Advanced Projects Research Agency has spent three years and $35 million, plumbing pixels as part of its Social Media in Strategic Communication (SMISC) program. Makes sense that DARPA’s in charge: the agency basically invented the Internet. “Events of strategic as well as tactical importance to our Armed Forces are increasingly taking place in social media space,” DARPA says. “We must, therefore, be aware of these events as they are happening and be in a position to defend ourselves within that space against adverse outcomes.”<snip>
http://time.com/?xid=newsletter-brie...-twitterverse/
Cues to Deception in Social Media Communications
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