(Reuters)US Taps Online Youth Groups To Fight Crime, Terrorism -- Yahoo News (New Zealand)/AFP
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US State Department announced plans on Monday to promote online youth groups as a new and powerful way to fight crime, political oppression and terrorism.
Drawing inspiration from a movement against FARC rebels in Colombia, the State Department is joining forces with Facebook , Google, MTV, Howcast and others in New York City next week to get the "ball rolling."
It said 17 groups from South Africa , Britain and the Middle East which have an online presence like the "Million Voices Against the FARC" will attend a conference at Columbia University Law School from December 3-5.
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My Comment: This project will have one or three results. (1) No one will respond, (2) it will be flooded with information that will overwhelm the system thereby not making it work, or (3) the community will monitor the information coming in, and will forward the more important info that should be passed on to the proper authorities.