Military intelligence wants 24/7 access to the world’s social media streams, and they don’t want any

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Military intelligence wants 24/7 access to the world’s social media streams, and they don’t want any
Topic Started: Jan 9 2016, 04:26 AM (553 Views)
friendshipgal	Jan 9 2016, 04:26 AM Post #1
Guess everyone wants their own Trudashians Posts: 12,815 Group: Member Member #241 Joined: February 12, 2006	I'm shocked I say, shocked that the Trudeau regime and sunny ways would go for this. http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2016/01/08/canadas-military-plans-to-monitor-the-worlds-social-media.html Canada’s military plans to monitor the world’s social media Military intelligence wants 24/7 access to the world’s social media streams, and they don’t want anyone knowing it’s them. So much for transparency and openness – never mind –sunny ways http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-keeps-analysis-of-saudi-human-rights-record-under-wraps/article28068909/



Bitsy	Jan 9 2016, 05:51 AM Post #2
Veteran Member Posts: 31,383 Group: Member Member #267 Joined: March 11, 2006	I am surprise that social media is not being monitored in Canada. http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-06/08/government-pays-companies-to-monitor-social-media-use



David	Jan 9 2016, 05:55 AM Post #3
Posts: 5,861 Group: Moderator Emeritus Member #12 Joined: June 30, 2005	Monitoring social media is the smart way to go these days. Good for Trudeau!



Dialtone	Jan 9 2016, 05:56 AM Post #4
Gold Star Member Posts: 7,190 Group: Member Member #721 Joined: April 1, 2010	I suspect that CSIS monitors quite a few things behind the scenes, having key words and phrases that raise a flag. It would be prudent to watch what one says and does online, you don't want to get on their radar.



friendshipgal	Jan 9 2016, 05:58 AM Post #5
Guess everyone wants their own Trudashians Posts: 12,815 Group: Member Member #241 Joined: February 12, 2006	David Jan 9 2016, 05:55 AM Monitoring social media is the smart way to go these days. Good for Trudeau! Oh my, the double standards abound... when Harper suggests it or does anything similar it's bad bad bad



Bitsy	Jan 9 2016, 05:58 AM Post #6
Veteran Member Posts: 31,383 Group: Member Member #267 Joined: March 11, 2006	Dialtone Jan 9 2016, 05:56 AM I suspect that CSIS monitors quite a few things behind the scenes, having key words and phrases that raise a flag. It would be prudent to watch what one says and does online, you don't want to get on their radar. DT, I have been told that US private corporations monitor their employees on social media.



Bitsy	Jan 9 2016, 06:07 AM Post #7
Veteran Member Posts: 31,383 Group: Member Member #267 Joined: March 11, 2006	Looks like it has been done but not under the umbrella of one agency/system. Quote: After reportedly already spending $20 million on media monitoring services, the Conservative-led Stephen Harper government is also looking to fill another tender for a “Social Media Monitoring” system to “meet the needs of Federal Government Departments and Agencies.” It appears that the procurement request, released in January, has yet to be filled, while companies like IBM, IG Global Intelligence, and SecDev Cyber, among many others, have all made bids on the tender. A similar tender from 2013 was already awarded. snip For its part, American government agencies and law enforcement entities have been actively engaged in tracking the online social media happenings of its citizens. In the wake of a machete attack on a police officer, the NYPD plans to increase surveillance of social media in an effort to pre-identify lone wolf terrorist attacks before they happen. Meanwhile, everyone from the Federal Reserve to the NSA has been gobbling up social media data on Americans. As for Canada, the practise has only begun in earnest in the last year. Harper is known to depend on media monitoring services to master his political spin, giving him a finger on the pulse of public interests. snip Parsons told me that the sharing of the personal data of Canadian, in general, is only becoming more pervasive across government agencies. “There has been a marked increase in the sharing of personal data between and across different departments because information is initially being collected for vague or far-sweeping reasons. Were social media information collected for similarly vague reasons then the government could then try to expansively share collected information across government,” he said. In other words, at present, social media monitoring within the Canadian government is a veritable Wild West. http://motherboard.vice.com/read/the-canadian-government-wants-to-pay-more-people-to-creep-your-facebook



Dialtone	Jan 9 2016, 06:20 AM Post #8
Gold Star Member Posts: 7,190 Group: Member Member #721 Joined: April 1, 2010	Bitsy Jan 9 2016, 05:58 AM Dialtone Jan 9 2016, 05:56 AM I suspect that CSIS monitors quite a few things behind the scenes, having key words and phrases that raise a flag. It would be prudent to watch what one says and does online, you don't want to get on their radar. DT, I have been told that US private corporations monitor their employees on social media. That's why most large corporations have an IT dept. The company I used to work for many moons ago, monitored internet activity and had red flags on malicious sites. Back when I worked, there was no Facebook, Twitter, Blogs etc, and if I ran a company today, I'd like to know what my employees are up to. There is a lot of corporate espionage these days, many employees have no loyalty, and many do a lot of personal business on company time.



Dana	Jan 9 2016, 07:24 AM Post #9
WWS Hummingbird Guru & Wildlife photographer extrordinaire Posts: 13,054 Group: Member Member #830 Joined: March 23, 2011	Someone is going to have a very boring job !



Trotsky	Jan 9 2016, 08:27 AM Post #10
Big City Boy Posts: 38,319 Group: Member Member #79 Joined: September 8, 2005	Quote: Canada’s military plans to monitor the world’s social media Are WE "social media?"



David	Jan 9 2016, 10:10 AM Post #11
Posts: 5,861 Group: Moderator Emeritus Member #12 Joined: June 30, 2005	Quote: Oh my, the double standards abound... when Harper suggests it or does anything similar it's bad bad bad FSG, you have no idea. It never bothered me if Harper monitored social media. I would hope he would do that. Other countries have been doing it for awhile. Social media is public. They cannot monitor private messages. If you want to criticize Trudeau for anything, criticize him for being late to the party.



Oldsalt	Jan 9 2016, 10:30 AM Post #12
Small Star Member Posts: 977 Group: Member Member #892 Joined: February 5, 2012	Nothing new. It seems likely that we have been doing this since February 2014, Social media to be monitored by federal government http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2013/11/29/social_media_to_be_monitored_by_federal_government.html http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/feds-to-monitor-social-media-round-the-clock-1.2445224 Edited by Oldsalt, Jan 9 2016, 10:34 AM.



Darcie	Jan 9 2016, 10:46 AM Post #13
Skeptic Posts: 31,154 Group: Member Member #714 Joined: March 30, 2010	Has anyone ever thought that what was said on social media was secret from government? I must say that I am really shocked that you didn't know you were being monitored. Edited by Darcie, Jan 9 2016, 10:48 AM.



friendshipgal	Jan 9 2016, 12:26 PM Post #14
Guess everyone wants their own Trudashians Posts: 12,815 Group: Member Member #241 Joined: February 12, 2006	Darcie Jan 9 2016, 10:46 AM Has anyone ever thought that what was said on social media was secret from government? I must say that I am really shocked that you didn't know you were being monitored. Of course I knew.. this is new pointing points to the lack of openness (they don't want anyone knowing ) no surprise I guess, and the fact that when called no one was available to answer. The second link also says, the Liberal government is refusing to make public a recently completed assessment of the state of human rights in Saudi Arabia even as it endures criticism for proceeding with a $15-billion deal to ship weaponized armoured vehicles to the Mideast country. More lack of openness...



friendshipgal	Jan 9 2016, 02:28 PM Post #15
Guess everyone wants their own Trudashians Posts: 12,815 Group: Member Member #241 Joined: February 12, 2006	Oldsalt Jan 9 2016, 10:30 AM Nothing new. It seems likely that we have been doing this since February 2014, Social media to be monitored by federal government http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2013/11/29/social_media_to_be_monitored_by_federal_government.html http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/feds-to-monitor-social-media-round-the-clock-1.2445224 Indeed, and I seem to remember the left complaining about it bitterly calling it an invasion of privacy. Seems to be okay if Liberals do it though...



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