The US Military Clued Us In On Its Research About Facebook And Twitter

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http://www.businessinsider.com/the-us-military-facebook-and-twitter-data-2014-7



The military sees threats everywhere. That’s its job. In the last few years the military has felt increasingly threatened by social media, and social networks in particular.

New reports Tuesday reveal a large research project funded by the Defense Department’s military research department (AKA Darpa) that tested how people connect, and how ideas are spread, on social sites including Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and Kickstarter.

The contained numerous separate studies, all based on social network data.

One studied how Occupy activists used Twitter to communicate and organize. Another tracked Internet memes.



Read more: http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/08/the-u-s-military-just-revealed-numerous-studies-on-facebook-twitter-data/#ixzz36y1oJaDR

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1. Hmmm..."new science of social networks"?

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From the article:

The DoD says the goal of the SMISC program is “to develop a new science of social networks built on an emerging technology base.”

The actual research was done by corporations like IBM, and universities like Georgia Tech and Indiana University.

The research has resulted in a massive database of tweets, posts, and other social media fare, all controlled by Darpa.