Pentagon eyes social media monitoring of troops to find ‘extremism’
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(Worthy News) – U.S. troops may soon find themselves accused of “extremism” with just a few keystrokes on social media.
Internal Defense Department documents reviewed by The Intercept spotlight plans by top brass to root out potential threats with online surveillance.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin tasked Bishop Garrison, a senior advisor, with moving the program forward, the documents reveal. [ Source: Washington Times (Read More…) ]
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