Justice Department funding study on ‘far-right’ social media use

[txradioguy]

The Department of Justice is concentrating on "far-right" groups in a new study of social media usage aimed at combating violent extremism.

The Justice Department's National Institute of Justice (NIJ) awarded Michigan State University $585,719 for the study, which was praised by Eric Holder, the former attorney general, earlier this year.

"There is currently limited knowledge of the role of technology and computer mediated communications (CMCs), such as Facebook and Twitter, in the dissemination of messages that promote extremist agendas and radicalize individuals to violence," according to the NIJ grant. "The proposed study will address this gap through a series of qualitative and quantitative analyses of posts from various forms of CMC used by members of both the far-right and Islamic extremist movements."

The study draws more upon right-wing forums than upon the corners of the web inhabited by Islamist extremists.

"We will collect posts made in four active forums used by members of the far-right and three from the Islamic Extremist community, as well as posts made in Facebook, LiveJournal, Twitter, YouTube, and Pastebin accounts used by members of each movement," the grant said.

"The findings will be used to document both the prevalence and variation in the ideological content of posts from members of each movement," the grant continued. "In addition, we will assess the value of these messages in the social status of the individual posting the message and the function of radical messages in the larger on-line identity of participants in extremist communities generally."

The project will also "identify the hidden networks of individuals who engage in extremist movements based on geographic location and ideological similarities."


http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/06/01/justice-department-funding-study-on-far-right-social-media-use/?intcmp=latestnews

[obumazombie]

This looks like a flex of the muscles and a shot across the bow of any organization that opposes unconstitutional and big government.

[Belle]

Darn, @ the risk of sounding paranoid, this is scary. 
First, using our own hard-working money to track down conservative talk is bad enough.
2nd, they can find us, I'm sure, & when they do, they can use a whole slew of political agencies to make our lives miserable.
Why, our King even has drones @ his disposal.

I had given up posting for a while, a very short while, because all we have left, it seems, is talk.  Our taxpayer funded government has become so powerful, unaccountable, that we are just ants to them, waiting to be stepped on.  We are truly a citizenry without representation.

 

[txradioguy]

This looks like a flex of the muscles and a shot across the bow of any organization that opposes unconstitutional and big government.

Yeah I don't believe for one single minute this "study" will be used to track the posting habits of the Islamo-NAZI's.

"Extremeists" to this Administration and to the Progressives in general are the military....TEA Party Members...people who post on Conservative Blogs...and national Review...Rush Limbaugh and Mark Levin listeners...war vets and 2nd Amendment types.

The folks that post #blacklivesmatter hashtags...spew anti-war anti American filth and the mouth breathers on the DU FaceBook site are safe from scrutiny.

[RayRaytheSBS]

Yeah I don't believe for one single minute this "study" will be used to track the posting habits of the Islamo-NAZI's.

"Extremeists" to this Administration and to the Progressives in general are the military....TEA Party Members...people who post on Conservative Blogs...and national Review...Rush Limbaugh and Mark Levin listeners...war vets and 2nd Amendment types.

The folks that post #blacklivesmatter hashtags...spew anti-war anti American filth and the mouth breathers on the DU FaceBook site are safe from scrutiny.

Hi5 and very true. As to the idiots at the DOJ who WON'T go after the ACTUAL enemies of our country, GFYS.

[Fourwinds]

I tell you, in a lesser nation these people would have already declared themselves rulers for life.

I mean come on, far right groups? Anyone who disagrees with these clowns is far right to them.

[Ptarmigan]

Dangerous and Anti-American groups
ISIS
Al-Qaeda
Boko Haram
PETA
ELF
ALF
HSUS
Greenpeace
CSPI
Westboro Baptist Church (they hate America)
Black Panthers
La Raza
ACLU
NAACP

[txradioguy]

Dangerous and Anti-American groups
ISIS
Al-Qaeda
Boko Haram
PETA
ELF
ALF
HSUS
Greenpeace
CSPI
Westboro Baptist Church (they hate America)
Black Panthers
La Raza
ACLU
NAACP

You just listed the biggest groups...minus the SEIU...that donate money to the DNC.