[DHS] national operations center has been operating a “Social Networking/Media Capability” which involves regular monitoring of “publicly available online forums, blogs, public websites and message boards.” – Reuters

 

By Mark Hosenball at Reuters

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The purpose of the monitoring, says the government document, is to “collect information used in providing situational awareness and establishing a common operating picture.”

 

The DHS official said that under the program’s rules, the department would not keep permanent copies of the internet traffic it monitors. However, the document outlining the program does say that the operations center “will retain information for no more than five years.”

The monitoring scheme also features a five-page list, attached to the privacy review document, of websites the Department’s command center expected to be monitoring.

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