Facebook data mining for political views

Politico ^ | 10/30/2014 | Hadas Gold

[tbw2]

What is more interesting is that defense contractors have been working on the same thing for several years.
This article is simply an admission that social networks themselves are compiling this information - unless it is a cover for the feds doing the same compilation, such as determining who is pro and anti-Obama before using that information against them.

What is Rapid Information Overlay Technology or RIOT Software?
http://tamarawilhite.hubpages.com/hub/What-is-Rapid-Information-Overlay-Technology-or-RIOT-Software

[a fool in paradise]

Despite the Beltway reliance on social media sites like Twitter, a recent Pew study found that 48 percent of Americans get their political news from Facebook, compared to just 14 percent on YouTube or 9 percent on Twitter.

I call it Socialist Networking for a reason. A lot of low information voters getting inaccurate memes from liberal hate groups and spreading them as a viral cancer.

[rfreedom4u]

Same here. I’ve even “lost” a few “friends” with all my anti-Barry Soetoro stuff.

Even “lost” a few because of my anti-homosexual stuff.