The FBI wants to keep its eye on social media users, according to a job post that invites software developers to submit applications capable of mining through sites such as Twitter and Facebook to identify possible threats. The post can be found on FedBizOpps.gov. The bureau has a detailed list of requirements for the app, which it says would only sift through “publicly available” material. The app would have a variety of targets, including cybercrime and terrorism.
Apparently, no one at the FBI has read Social Media Analytics, by Marshall Sponder. The books lays out how to choose the right monitoring tools to acquire data and create actionable reports.
The book also discusses something the author refers to as UltraViolet data. Data that is out there but not being picked up by monitoring tools. UltraViolet data is in the realm of research, since it can't be determined, in advance, what may be uncovered.
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FBI's Most Wanted: A Social Media Monitoring Tool
Posted by: Rachelle Dragani January 27, 2012 10:47 AMThe FBI wants to keep its eye on social media users, according to a job post that invites software developers to submit applications capable of mining through sites such as Twitter and Facebook to identify possible threats. The post can be found on FedBizOpps.gov. The bureau has a detailed list of requirements for the app, which it says would only sift through “publicly available” material. The app would have a variety of targets, including cybercrime and terrorism.
The book also discusses something the author refers to as UltraViolet data. Data that is out there but not being picked up by monitoring tools. UltraViolet data is in the realm of research, since it can't be determined, in advance, what may be uncovered.