Silly Larry !
They already have them !
No point holding back now .. let 'er rip !
Posted on 02/24/2014 2:39:47 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Government wants ‘social media analytic tool’ for ‘ongoing monitoring’
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is seeking a “social media analytic tool” that will give the government access to “full Twitter historical data,” according to a solicitation released on Tuesday.
The agency is seeking feedback for a “possible future acquisition to provide near real time social media analysis.” HHS said it wants to use the tool for “ongoing monitoring” of public health issues.
HHS provides a long list of requirements, including “access to real-time social media posts,” and “access to full Twitter firehose.”
The agency requires an archive that goes back at least five years of “full Twitter historical data.” The government will also need “access to multiple account log-ins,” “real-time alerting,” the “ability to construct lengthy Boolean searches,” and a function that can filter search results based on the location of a Twitter user.
Under “additional attributes that we would find useful,” HHS said the “ability to export full data into excel or another spreadsheet program” would be beneficial.
HHS said it would use the social media tool for public health concerns and emergencies such as Superstorm Sandy. “In the midst of an event we want to know when hospitals and/or nursing homes are evacuating patients,” HHS said under “scenarios of how we would utilize this tool.”
“We conduct on-going monitoring of certain public health issues,” HHS said. “An increase in the level of discussion on social media could indicate a new development or concern related to that issue.”
The Office of the Secretary of HHS filed the solicitation, arguing that social media monitoring is necessary since the agency is responsible for ensuring “preparedness” for public health threats and emergencies.
Within HHS, the Office of Emergency Management (OEM) is responsible for coordinating the department’s “operational response to acts of terrorism and other public health and medical threats and emergencies.”
HHS said OEM’s “Division of Fusion” can use social media as a “non-traditional” data collection tool to respond to health emergencies and natural disasters.
“Social media and open source data analytics play an important role in filling gaps in traditional data collection and help our office provide insights to decision makers to aid them in making informed decisions to protect the health and welfare of impacted populations during emergencies,” the agency said.
HHS is seeking responses no more than five pages in length by March 3.
I’d like to know what all those people have to say who called me an idiot for saying the government is spying on us on facebood.
I’m sure they’ll think I’m an idiot for asking the following:
Do you have a TV in your bedroom?
Do you ever take your cell phone into the bedroom?
So, don't title your email with “I hate Obama” or, “Just bought a gun”, or anything they might like to read. My emails are usually boring to anyone other than the person getting my email.
Aren’t twitter posts public? The government already has them.
"Are you now or have you ever been a member of the Tea Party?"
"If yes, then board the rail car."
Silly Larry !
They already have them !
No point holding back now .. let 'er rip !
― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
What the F*ck?... Eat Shit And Die...ASSHOLES!
Whew!
No Facebook account - Check
No Twitter account - CHeck”””””
NO cell phone.
NO debit card.
NO banking online.
No purchasing with online methods.
No browsing for crazy websites on internet.
No going on Craig’s List or such.
Call me a dinosaur, but all my bookkeeping is done on paper. I write checks & mail them. I never got onto ‘Social media”.
Only a land line. Let them get a warrant to tap that.
More:
No vehicle with On Star.
No other GPS for any reason.
No computer in any vehicle I own.
No vehicle with any ‘plug ins’ for phones, etc.
No electronic book reader.
No laptop.
I’m with you.
Whew!
No social networking never, what so ever, PERIOD - Check
Bumper sticker I saw recently: NO, Facebook does NOT need to know you went to the gym this morning.
I’m sure they have already hacked them.
The warm water in the pot feels so good and makes you sleepy when you’re the frog...
I suppose you wash your clothes in the creek nearby? Use whale blubber for fuel?
You need to get a pre-80s car just to be safe. LOL.
...Do you!?!??!
No, no, no, you got it wrong.
Facebook posts go to CIA,
Twitter posts go to HHS,
And Free Republic posts go to Myron.
Myron is 6'10" tall, and works in the basement of DHS.
In the dark.
Like firearm ownership.
The only reason they haven't shut down FR is because they're collecting names and "data" on us all.
Nut-job Conspiracy Theory Ping!
To get onto The Nut-job Conspiracy Theory Ping List you must threaten to report me to the Mods if I don't add you to the list...
They want to track every thing we say or do or think
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