Russia's Intelligence Agency Wants To Influence Social Networks

Image: Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service. Wikipedia Facespook: Russian Spies Order $1mln Software To Influence Social Networks -- RT Ru...

Should Facebook And Twitter Be Monitored For Terrorists?

Monitoring Twitter And Facebook Could Foil Terrorists -- The Telegraph The security services need to make greater use of social media such a...

A Look At The CIA's Open Source Center

CIA Tracks Public Information For The Private Eye -- NPR Secrets: the currency of spies around the world. The rise of social media, hash-tag...

CIA Is Watching Twitter And Facebook Traffic

The CIA reportedly keeps eyes on everything from blogs to tweets to more traditional media. Reuters CIA Monitors Facebook, Twitter: Five Mil...

China's Government Has Found The Enemy, And It Is Social Networking

China Fights To Silence The Social Network -- The Telegraph China's Communist Party has set out to curtail social networking following y...

The Battle Against Al Qaeda Is Now Occurring In Social Media

Social Networks Used To Counter al Qaeda -- Washington Times Team tries to impede jihadi recruiters. Anwar al-Awlaki may be dead, but the wa...

Web Firms And Social Networks Co-Opted For Intelligence

Internet Firms Co-Opted For Surveillance: Experts -- Reuters (Reuters) - Internet companies such as Google, Twitter and Facebook are increas...

Mexico's Drug Cartels Target Social Media

Mexican Cartel Snuffs Social Media Star as Violence Nears ‘Civil War’ Proportions -- Danger Room A scrawled sign was placed next to a decapi...

Britain Decides Not To Block Social Networks During Riots

Government Climbs Down On Social-Network Blocking -- ZDNet The Home Office has pulled back on plans to introduce blocking of social networks...

5 Social Uprisings That Were Wired

Image courtesy of iStockphoto/Fleyeing How 5 Recent Social Uprisings Were Wired -- Scientific American BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) and other ...

Are Twitter And BlackBerry To Blame For British Riots?

How Much Are Twitter And BlackBerry To Blame For British Riots? -- Christian Science Monitor British officials have criticized social media ...

Will Social Media Sites Be Banned In Britain During Riots?

Cameron Exploring Crackdown On Social Media After Riots -- New York Times PARIS — Prime Minister David Cameron of Britain said Thursday that...

U.S. To Monitor Social Networking Sites

The Pentagon is to monitor social networking sites for threats such as cyberterrorism and the next Arab revolution. Photograph: Jason Reed/R...

How Facebook Is Being Used To Hunt Down Dissidents

The Al Jazeera film uses footage from the Bahrain government's Facebook page Photo: Al Jazeera English Facebook 'Used To Hunt Down B...

Social Media Is The Next Battlefield

DARPA Seeks To Learn From Social For Warfare -- Information Week Agency aims to explore how the use of social media--particularly on mobile ...

Did Twitter And Facebook Really Build A Global Revolution?

Social Media: Did Twitter And Facebook Really Build A Global Revolution? -- Christian Science Monitor Social media: From Iran to Tunisia and...

How The Dissent Movement In Saudi Arabia Uses Social Media To Survive

Social Media Helps Keep the Door Open to Sustained Dissent Inside Saudi Arabia -- New York Times AL KHOBAR, Saudi Arabia — When Manal al-Sha...

How Social Networks And Google Earth Are Being Used In Libya's Civil War

How Social Media Users Are Helping NATO Fight Gadhafi In Libya -- Globe And Mail Every morning at 7:30 a.m., in the picturesque woodlands of...

Social Networks Also Empower The Enemies Of Freedom And Of The West (A Commentary)

Photo: Libyan opposition members set up base in Benghazi, gathering video and photos to distribute online. Ed Ou / The New York Times-Redux ...

The Role Of Social Media In Syria's Revolution

On Facebook And Twitter, Spreading Revolution In Syria -- Christian Science Monitor Social networks are playing a central role in fueling pr...