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Army Says Twitter Could Coordinate Terrorist Attacks

October 28th, 2008

The U.S. Army has identified Twitter, a popular micro-blogging service, as a potential vehicle for terrorists to plot destructive schemes. Global Positioning System maps and voice-changing software were also listed in the draft report by the 304th Military Battalion.The Federation of American Scientists has posted the report, which examines mobile and Web technologies and how they could be used by terrorists, on its Web site. The Army based its report on Open Source Intelligence.

According to the report, Twitter has become a social-activism tool for socialists, human-rights groups, communists, vegetarians, anarchists, religious communities, atheists, political enthusiasts, hacktivists and others to communicate with each other and send messages to broader audiences.

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