Lawmaker Demands DHS Cease Monitoring of Blogs, Social Media

Lawmaker Demands DHS Cease Monitoring of Blogs, Social Media

February 17th, 2012

This social media monitoring program is an absurd limited hangout. Where’s the outrage over things like MAIN CORE and Room 641A?

Via: Wired:

Rep. Jackie Speier (D-California) said Thursday she wants the Department of Homeland Security to cease its social-media and news-monitoring operation.

Speaking at a Homeland Security subcommittee hearing, the California lawmaker said she was “outraged� that the agency has hired a contractor to review a variety of social networking sites, including Facebook and Twitter, and that General Dynamics is being tasked with reviewing news sources, blogs and their bylines for all types of articles, including those containing anti-American sentiment and reaction to policy proposals.

“This should not be a political operation,� she said.

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