War 2.0 » Arab Spring http://nationalsecurityzone.medill.northwestern.edu/war2-0 National Security and the Science of Social Networks Tue, 28 Feb 2012 13:15:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.4 Arab Spring Prompts Homeland Security to Develop Social Media Guidelines http://nationalsecurityzone.medill.northwestern.edu/war2-0/arab-spring-prompts-homeland-security-to-develop-social-media-guidelines/ http://nationalsecurityzone.medill.northwestern.edu/war2-0/arab-spring-prompts-homeland-security-to-develop-social-media-guidelines/#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2011 13:10:44 +0000 http://nationalsecurityzone.medill.northwestern.edu/war2-0/?p=45 Continue reading →]]> The Associated Press reports that the uprisings across North Africa and the Middle East have inspired the Department of Homeland Security to turn to social networking sites for national intelligence gathering.

“I can post anything on Facebook, is that valid? If 20 people are tweeting the same thing, then maybe that is valid,” said Department of Homeland Security Undersecretary Caryn Wagner. “There are just a lot of questions that we are sort of struggling with because it’s a newly emerging (issue).”

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