The American people clearly spoke, and the drubbing Democrats received requires looking beyond just issue polls, voting patterns, campaign strategy, or get-out-the-vote tactics.
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Targeting "Social Contagions," Defense Department Prepares for Mass Civil Breakdown
Twitter posts and conversations will be examined "to identify individuals mobilized in a social contagion and when they become mobilized."
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U.S. Military Studied How to Influence Twitter Users – By Focusing on Occupy Protests
Papers leaked by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden indicate that U.S. and British intelligence have been deeply engaged in planning ways to covertly use social media for propaganda and deception.
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From Philippines to NSA: 111 Years of the U.S. Surveillance State
Over the past century — from America's war in the Philippines in 1902, to the National Security Act of 1947, to the NSA's spying program in 2013 — we can see a disturbing continuum.
