Secret Service asks Twitter users to spy on each other by reporting threatening tweets

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2223183/Secret-Service-asks-Twitter-users-spy-reporting-threatening-tweets.html By Hugo Gye PUBLISHED: 12:35 EST, 25 October 2012 | UPDATED: 12:35 EST, 25 October 2012 The Secret Service is encouraging web users to spy on their Twitter feeds and report any messages which appear ‘concerning’. The appeal seems to be timed to coincide with the election campaign, when an increasing number of political […]

MPs want to force Google and Twitter to censor search results to comply with gagging injunctions protecting the likes of Ryan Giggs

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2120938/Google-Twitter-forced-censor-illegal-search-results-like-injunction-protecting-Ryan-Giggs-say-MPs.html Report blasts giant for refusing to filter information breaching court orders It follows case of Ryan Giggs, who was outed on Twitter despite an injunction MPs also call for crack down on sites like Facebook and Twitter if they break the law By Leon Watson PUBLISHED: 03:41 EST, 27 March 2012 | UPDATED: 08:00 […]

The Tweets ARE paved with gold: Twitter ‘predicts’ stock prices more accurately than any investment tactic, say scientists

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2120416/Twitter-predicts-stock-prices-accurately-investment-tactic-say-scientists.html Software scans for Tweets containing words such as company names or related terms Counting volume of Tweets and how they link can predict stock prices the next day Discovery could have ‘big impact’ on investors By Rob Waugh PUBLISHED: 06:17 EST, 26 March 2012 | UPDATED: 08:57 EST, 26 March 2012 Want to predict […]

Brazil first country to try and use Twitter’s new censorship policy to silence its citizens

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2099391/Brazil-country-use-Twitters-new-censorship-policy-silence-citizens.html By Rob Waugh Last updated at 3:41 PM on 10th February 2012 Brazil could become the first country to take Twitter up on its plan to censor Tweets at government request. The move has sparked alarm among privacy groups, who fear  governments will use the same policy to silence dissenting voices. The Brazilian government […]

Help us spy on Twitter: FBI asks companies to develop software for monitoring social media to predict crimes

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2092534/FBI-asks-companies-develop-software-monitoring-social-media-like-Twitter.html By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 11:51 AM on 27th January 2012 The FBI is to use automated scanners to monitor people’s posts on social networks such as Facebook and Twitter, it has emerged this week – and privacy campaigners have described it as an attack on free speech. The agency is looking […]