‘1984’ in 2014? Fed Gov’t Funds ‘Truthy’ Database to Monitor Hate Speech, Suspicious Memes

Fox News Insider ^ | Aug. 28, 2014 9:46 AM

[Olog-hai]

The federal government is spending close to $1 million of your money on an online tracking program that will supposedly search for so-called “hate speech” or “misinformation” on Twitter.

On Fox and Friends, Fox News legal analyst Peter Johnson Jr. brought us more details on the “Truthy” database, which intends to monitor suspicious Internet memes as well as false or misleading ideas spreading around social media. […]

The Indiana professor who is leading the project, Filippo Menczer, had previously identified a list of hashtags that he believed fell under the categories of “far right” and “polarizing.”

Among those that he listed were #foxnews, #constitution and #israel. …

[Iron Munro]

Is it Hate Speech to refer to King Obama as “That Doofus, Commie, Muslim Homo”?

[jsanders2001]

But will it be able to identify leftist schemes?... lying to infidels, use of PC to advance political agendas, voter registration fraud attempts, etc.../s

[G Larry]

So...will they shut down FR or just arrest us all?

...ya...I know....both!

[Gay State Conservative]

I’ve been referred to as a “bitter clinger”.Sounds like hate speech to me!

[servantboy777]

Negro’ pendaho en la casa blanco.

[MtnClimber]

What will be hate speech? Saying Bath House Barry, Muslim Brotherhood loving Barry, Hillary’s Cankles, Marxist- Communist-democrat bass turds, IRS thugs?

[Lets Roll NOW]

When the government can give a million dollars to an Indiana professor to search the internet for right wing hate speech you know they have to much power. When will the people stand up and fight this tyranny?

[Paladin2]

Check their Statist Privilege.

[IYAS9YAS]

"He gazed up at the enormous face. Forty years it had taken him to learn what kind of smile was hidden beneath the dark moustache. O cruel, needless misunderstanding! O stubborn, self-willed exile from the loving breast! Two gin-scented tears trickled down the sides of his nose. But it was all right, everything was all right, the struggle was finished. He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother."

[dontreadthis]

step away from the keyboard, son

[dontreadthis]

pendejo

[dontreadthis]

[BenLurkin]

bttt

[Steve_Seattle]

Who are those old hags? I hope they aren’t on our side.

[Steve_Seattle]

"In a new blog post, Menczer maintained that the database is not meant to suppress free speech and does not track "hate speech."

Then what's it's purpose, professor?

[ForYourChildren]

The “Truthy” database, created by researchers at Indiana University, is designed to “detect political smears, astroturfing, misinformation, and other social pollution.”

The university has received $919,917 so far for the project.

http://truthy.indiana.edu/about
http://truthy.indiana.edu/

[ForYourChildren]

“Truthy” claims to be non-partisan. However, the project’s lead investigator Filippo Menczer proclaims his support for numerous progressive advocacy groups, including President Barack Obama’s Organizing for Action, Moveon.org, Greenpeace, the Sierra Club, Amnesty International, and True Majority.

[reformedliberal]

We prefer “Dips#!t”.

[reformedliberal]

“social pollution”

What a chillingly Orwellian locution.