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The government wants to study 'social pollution' on Twitter
[WAPO] The project is being developed by researchers at Indiana University, and its purported aim is to detect what they deem "social pollution" and to study what they call "social epidemics," including how memes -- ideas that spread throughout pop culture -- propagate. What types of social pollution are they targeting? "Political smears," so-called "astroturfing" and other forms of "misinformation." An battery powered man-portable tough box Geo-Locator with google house-to-house map apps and SWAT MPRAP electrical [klik and go] quick connectors available soon. Posted by: Besoeker 2014-10-19 |
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