Feds Go Facebook Creeping

Canadians’ Facebook pages, Twitter exchanges and YouTube videos are to be watched ‘round the clock by a surveillance division of the Department of Public Works. Authorities propose to keep an eye of “top influencers” at blogs and chatrooms. No targeted individuals or groups were named. Documents obtained by Blacklock’s show agencies already spend millions monitoring newsrooms.

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