I read an article this evening titled, Lawmakers to Homeland Security: Social Media Monitoring Threatens Free Speech. The article suggested the Department of Homeland Security has the ability to monitor Twitter and Facebook and several other areas in relation to social media.
In all reality I couldn't care less if the federal government felt the need to monitor my Twitter, Facebook, email or any other accounts I may have. However, I do have a problem with the government spending $11 million dollars on tools that monitor websites consumed by teenagers, especially given the fact we are trillions of dollars in debt and the lawmakers continuously preach about cutting the fat.
On the other hand, I am curious to see how this may or may not create adverse affects for journalism on the Internet in the future.
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