Social Media Analysis is....
...not quite a real thing. What little of it exists is usually oriented towards advertisers, not government snoops. I have no idea why you're spouting buzzwords at me, since it's evident that you're not very familiar with this stuff.
By which you mean what did they measure? Social media activity. Probably facebook and twitter, although there are plenty of secondary tiered social media platforms for the US.
What I mean is: "We have no clue whatsoever what they are measuring, because we don't know who they are, what they're doing, what criteria they use, if they have an agenda," and so on.
Most folks don't know how to strip the metadata out of their uploaded content....
I'm pretty sure that serious professional agitators (left and right) know how to scrub most of their data, know to use burner phones, know to turn off their phones when they don't want to be tracked, and so on. Don't forget, they have known for years now that they're being observed and watched by law enforcement. They know what data is usually public, that it can be observed by law enforcement, that law enforcement repeatedly infiltrates protest movements, even religious organizations, e.g.:
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york...elligence-operations-report-article-1.1049592
They appear to be organizing or taking part in lawless activity.
Nothing in the article indicates that is the case.
Sure. Maybe they did it to cover up the government's role in the 9/11 attacks. Or maybe they did it so that Scully wouldn't find out the truth about the Smoking Man and Aliens.
lol
I'm not advocating any sort of conspiracy theories. I'm just pointing out that you are accepting anonymous data with no skepticism whatsoever. Plus, they're tipping off Fox exclusively, which suggests a bias and/or agenda.
Or, to put it another way: Let's say Mother Jones reported on an anonymous tip from an agency that refused to be identified. They claim that a Social Media Analysis shows that the FBI has infiltrated the Black Lives Matter movement, and is pushing people to act illegally. Would you accept that uncritically? (I wouldn't.)
Well, no. Classification indicates government ownership of information. Everything you upload to the internet is public material....
Re-read what I wrote.
If they are using public information, that's not likely to include any location data or real names, unless those people are exceptionally careless or stupid (or a combination thereof). Keep in mind that IP addresses and location data are not usually available via social networks, and personally identifiable data isn't usually accessible even by advertisers. Similarly, Facebook and Twitter strip EXIF info and other metadata (including GPS location info) from uploaded photos.
If they are NOT using public information (e.g. they have access to data gathered by the NSA), THEN they are very likely leaking classified information.
