“The goal, Menczer explained, is to “detect” Twitter users’ themes and memes “early before damage is done — that is what we’re trying to do.” Truthy will “automatically detect language,” and its overseers will conduct “sentiment analysis” to control and prevent “damage.”
Ah yes, the “thought police”. Remeber the movie Minority Report? This reminds me of that.
“its overseers will conduct “sentiment analysis” to control”
Those words alone make the hair on the back of my neck stand up.