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Patrick Meier: Analyzing Fake Content on Twitter During Boston Marathon Bombings

Analyzing Fake Content on Twitter During Boston Marathon Bombings As iRevolution readers already know, the application of Information Forensics to social media is one of my primary areas of interest. So I’m always on the lookout for new and related studies, such as this one (PDF), which was just published by colleagues of mine in India. The study …

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SchwartzReport: NSA Has Not Foiled a SINGLE Terrorist Plot + NSA Meta-RECAP

Here is what I believe is a correct assessment concerning the creation of the national security state in which we live today. Absurd amounts of money have been spent, and civil liberties abridged to an unprecedented degree, on the basis of a threat consisting of little gangs. It is transparently disproportionate, there has to be …

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4th Media: Deeply Troubling Headlines

Americans Have Lost Virtually All of Our Constitutional Rights : “War against US” Body Count: Global Avoidable Mortality Since 1950 Israeli Strike on Iran Coming? Lie as Culture: West Toxic Lie On Syria Exposed The Speculative Endgame: The Government “Shutdown” and “Debt Default”, A Multibillion Bonanza for Wall Street Good News: Brazil and China’s Unstoppable …

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Berto Jongman: Bits, Bytes, & Stuff

Avoiding Armageddon: America, India, and Pakistan to the Brink and Back British Foreign Fighters in Syria Democratization of Big Data Ethical Farming Ill-Equipped IT Managers Infrastructure Vulnerabilities Iraq Death Toll Based on Intelligence Lie(s) Modern Honey Traps: BBC Documentary Turkey blows Israel’s cover for Iranian spy ring

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4th Media: US and Saudi Responsible for Chemical Weapons in Syria?

Top US and Saudi Officials Responsible for Chemical Weapons in Syria Evidence leads directly to the White House, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Martin Dempsey, CIA Director John Brennan, Saudi Intelligence Chief Prince Bandar, and Saudi Arabia´s Interior Ministry. The Strategic Situation, leading up to the Use of Chemical Substances in the Eastern …

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David Swanson: Is USG Tripping on Drugs?

Is the Federal Government a Drug-Induced Hallucination? You laugh, but that could be a side-effect.  Consider: The Capitol Police just murdered an unarmed mother fleeing her car on foot, declared her child “unharmed,” and received the longest standing-ovation in Congress since Osama bin Laden’s Muslim sea burial.  Try holding your breath until Congress takes the …

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Berto Jongman: The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly

THE GOOD Abandoning the War Model of Counterterrorism Africa: The Peace Palace 100 Years On Envisioning a World Transformed Making Time: Can we teach kindness? Optemistic View of Life in 2100 THE BAD 47 Prominent Technologists to NSA Review Panel: We Need Better Technical Oversight Google Analytics Academy Spies versus scribes THE UGLY China employs …

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