Groups Work Toward Ultimate Web Surveillance System

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In other words, there’s funding for those seeking to mine Wikipedia, Twitter, Facebook, blogs, forums, fanzines, news aggregators, and other social networking sites in order to build up information on individuals, organizations, and their relationships.

From one perspective, this would appear to be a competitive virtual arms race between various U.S. governmental agencies and Europe. The main contender appears to be the U.S. National Security Agency, which is operating and developing domestic surveillance programs in conjunction with intelligence contractors.

Source/Full Story: Internet Evolution – Jart Armin

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