OPENING CEREMONY: The Olympic flame is ignited in the center of BC Place as the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics begin. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)During The Olympics, The Feds Will Be Reading Your Tweets – And the Blotter -- ABC News
DHS Is Monitoring Social Media and Web Sites for Terror and Disaster Info
As the winter Olympics begin, the Department of Homeland Security has disclosed that it will be monitoring the comments and posts on websites and social media like Twitter for information on possible terror threats. Among the sites listed in a privacy impact statement filed Friday afternoon by DHS are the Drudge Report, the Huffington Post, Twitter, Google and this web site, the Blotter.
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My Comment: So much for privacy rights .... but this is an understandable policy from the DHS. Citizens on the ground are always the first ones to know if something is wrong .... DHS, emergency responders, law enforcement .... they are always the last ones.