Pre-thoughtcrime: Russian think tank app catches protestors before they protest
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/05/pre-thoughtcrime-russian-think-tank-app-catches-protestors-before-they-protest/ Currently, the software monitors user pages and groups on Facebook and Vkontakte; a Twitter extension for the system is planned by September. Twitter is a particular priority because, as Venediktov said, "We conducted a survey and found out that it is precisely this social network [that] is not only the leader among social media on the number of hosted links to extremist content, but also does not remove them at the request of Roskomnadzor (Russia's Federal Service for Supervision of Communications)." - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein ([email protected]): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com Google+: http://google.com/+LaurenWeinstein Twitter: http://twitter.com/laurenweinstein Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com _______________________________________________ pfir mailing list http://lists.pfir.org/mailman/listinfo/pfir
