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Title: ustice Department Studying ‘Far-Right’ Social Media Use
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URL Source: http://freebeacon.com/issues/justic ... ng-far-right-social-media-use/
Published: Jun 1, 2015
Author: Elizabeth Harrington
Post Date: 2015-06-01 22:39:04 by HAPPY2BME-4UM
Keywords: internet, justice department, facebook, twitter
Views: 93
Comments: 8
Justice Department Studying ‘Far-Right’ Social Media Use $585,719 study to combat violent extremism BY: Elizabeth Harrington June 1, 2015 5:00 am The Department of Justice is concentrating on “far-right” groups in a new study of social media usage aimed at combatting violent extremism. The Justice Department’s National Institute of Justice (NIJ) awarded Michigan State University $585,719 for the study, which was praised by Eric Holder, the former attorney general, earlier this year. “There is currently limited knowledge of the role of technology and computer mediated communications (CMCs), such as Facebook and Twitter, in the dissemination of messages that promote extremist agendas and radicalize individuals to violence,” according to the NIJ grant. “The proposed study will address this gap through a series of qualitative and quantitative analyses of posts from various forms of CMC used by members of both the far-right and Islamic extremist movements.” The study draws more upon right-wing forums than upon the corners of the web inhabited by Islamist extremists. “We will collect posts made in four active forums used by members of the far-right and three from the Islamic Extremist community, as well as posts made in Facebook, LiveJournal, Twitter, YouTube, and Pastebin accounts used by members of each movement,” the grant said. “The findings will be used to document both the prevalence and variation in the ideological content of posts from members of each movement,” the grant continued. “In addition, we will assess the value of these messages in the social status of the individual posting the message and the function of radical messages in the larger on-line identity of participants in extremist communities generally.” The project will also “identify the hidden networks of individuals who engage in extremist movements based on geographic location and ideological similarities.” The results will be used for a public webinar, and for presentations for counterterrorism experts in the United States. Holder highlighted the study in remarks this February at the White House Summit on Countering Violent Extremism, as an example of the new methods the Justice Department is using to combat terrorist threats. Holder said the study will “help us develop more effective techniques and partnerships for counter-messaging.” While the grant does not name the “far-right” groups that would be examined, other federal agencies have devoted their energy to the sovereign citizen movement. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released a report on the movement, whose members believe that U.S. laws do not apply to them, just as the White House held its summit on violent extremism. The administration did not use the phrase “Islamist extremism” at the summit. DHS stirred controversy in 2009 when it issued a report on right-wing extremism, which included veterans returning from combat as a potential terrorist threat. The Justice Department and Michigan State University did not return requests for comment by press time. “We will collect posts made in four active forums used by members of the far-right and three from the Islamic Extremist community, as well as posts made in Facebook, LiveJournal, Twitter, YouTube, and Pastebin accounts used by members of each movement.”
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#1. To: HAPPY2BME-4UM (#0)
See? The day after the supposed Patriot Act loss. Almost as if to flaunt it!
-------------------------------- The 'National Defense Act' is STILL in effect.
That cartoon is perfect! Sums it up quite well.
Yeah!!
There's something perverse and Orwellian about the names they give these things. The PATRIOT Act and The FREEDOM Act, both of which mean the opposite of what their names imply. "You must not be a Patriot if you are against the PATRIOT Act, and you must hate freedom if you are against The FREEDOM Act."
Sure, sort of like Patriot missiles, which I'm sure are designed exclusively for mowing down other countries' patriots. The hypocrisy is gagging, the hubris Orwellian. These are the ONLY times the word patriot is used by government goons. They never mention Nathan Hale or any Revolutionary heroes, and they constantly defame the patriot movement -- the only people fighting back against their own tyranny. The govgoons make no pretense of being patriots. They're globalists and openly call for a "new" world order.
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#2. To: NeoconsNailed (#1)
See? The day after the supposed Patriot Act loss. Almost as if to flaunt it!
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