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Fast Company Sarah Kessler |
Facebook, Twitter Would Be Forced To Report Terrorist Activity Under Proposed Bill Efforts in Washington have put a spotlight on the debate around the role of technology companies in aiding law enforcement's investigation of terrorist activity. |
Fast Company Christina Farr |
How Effective Is It To Vet The Social Media Activity Of Visa Applicants? Technology company employees are skeptical that government pilot programs to scrutinize visa applicants' social media activity will be effective at rooting out potential terrorists or terrorist sympathizers. |
Fast Company Steven Melendez |
FBI Renews Warnings on Terror and Encryption, With No Clear Solution in Sight FBI Director James Comey reiterated warnings that popular encrypted communication apps are making it difficult for law enforcement officials to monitor suspected criminals and terrorists. |
National Defense December 2014 Yasmin Tadjdeh |
Government, Industry Countering Islamic State's Social Media Campaign The U.S. government, along with industry partners, is working to stymie the Islamic State's burgeoning social media campaign, which experts say is widespread and highly advanced for a terror organization. |
National Defense April 2015 Yasmin Tadjdeh |
Big Data Helping to Pinpoint Terrorist Activities, Attacks Using big data for counter terrorism efforts will only become more prevalent as time goes on, said Josh New, a policy analyst at the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation's Center for Data Innovation. |
National Defense April 2015 Yasmin Tadjdeh |
U.S. Government Trying to Counter ISIL 'Twitter Consensus' The U.S. government and allied nations around the world are working to counter the group's propaganda, but some experts worry that it is not enough. |
Fast Company Neal Ungerleider |
Hillary Clinton: Silicon Valley Should Help Fight ISIS Clinton hinted that Silicon Valley should lower encryption standards to make it easier for American intelligence agencies to monitor communications. |
National Defense September 2010 Eric Beidel |
Social Scientists and Mathematicians Join The Hunt for Terrorists Internet chat rooms and other online discussion forums supplement, and in some cases, have replaced mosques, community centers and coffee shops as meeting spots for jihadists, experts say. |
PC World September 12, 2001 Tom Spring & Frank Thorsberg |
Will Attack Hurt Net Privacy? Privacy advocates urge government to balance security needs and civil liberties... |
Fast Company Pavithra Mohan |
Twitter Sued For Enabling "Explosive Growth Of ISIS" The suit argues that ISIS has used Twitter to attract new recruits and to disseminate propaganda, and that the site has "knowingly or with willful blindness" aided terrorists as a result. |
PC World March 2002 Kim Zetter |
Snoopware: New Technologies, Laws Threaten Privacy The FBI's 'Magic Lantern' keystroke logger could help catch terrorists, but at what cost to your fundamental rights? |
National Defense October 2009 Tessa Gellerson |
Law Enforcement Needs Guidance To Root Out Terrorist Plots, Says Report Good old fashioned police work has been far more effective in thwarting terrorist plots than high-tech data mining schemes. |
InternetNews October 27, 2008 Richard Adhikari |
Twitter an Emerging Terrorist Tool Military paper outlines some of the emerging uses of tech in ways that can hurt. |
National Defense November 2013 Yasmin Tadjdeh |
Al-Qaida Seen Shifting Tactics to Smaller Attacks The Boston bombing quickly brought domestic jihadist terrorism back into the public eye. Counterterrorism analysts are now concerned that the United States may soon face an increase in deadly, smaller scale attacks. |
PC World January 2002 Anne Kandra |
National Security vs. Online Privacy The new antiterrorism law steps up electronic surveillance of the Internet... |
Information Today July 16, 2013 Nancy K. Herther |
PRISM and the First Amendment: A Critical Issue Once Edward Snowden lands in some friendly country or decides to return to the U.S., we can hope that attention is again focused on PRISM and surveillance. So far, the responses from government officials have been less than stellar. |
PC World September 14, 2001 Sam Costello |
Carnivore Dispatched to Sniff Out Terrorists Senate OKs measure to broaden technology's use, urges research for more tools... |
National Defense July 2010 Stew Magnuson |
Futile to Control Internet Terrorist Recruitment, Witnesses Say Experts have compared the use of the Internet by terrorists and their propagandists to jungle warfare. |
Parameters Spring 2004 Matthew J. Morgan |
The Origins of the New Terrorism A history of terrorism and where it's headed. |
PC World September 12, 2001 Joris Evers |
Spy Technology: Too Little, Too Late? Echelon, other high-tech surveillance tools may not have been effective when needed... |
Bank Systems & Technology May 25, 2006 Katherine Burger |
For Your Own Good? Thanks to the PATRIOT Act and related legislation, banks and other financial institutions already are players in the government's efforts to track and act on money-laundering and other financial transactions that could fund terrorist activities. |
National Defense May 2011 Stew Magnuson |
FBI Anticipates Terrorist Attacks on Soft Targets in the United States Brenda Heck, deputy assistant director of the agency's counterterrorism division, said an attack similar to the 2008 assault on hotels and other buildings in Mumbai, India, is possible here. |
PC Magazine February 27, 2008 Isabelle Groc |
The Online Hunt for Terrorists Researchers are using Web spiders to track down terrorists online. |
Reason December 2001 |
Guarding the Home Front Will civil liberties be a casualty in the War on Terrorism? A panel of experts discuss which civil liberties they think are most at risk in what has been called America's first 21st century war... |
PC World October 5, 2001 Frank Thorsberg |
PC World Poll Highlights Privacy Concerns Our online poll shows most readers are concerned about giving the government more power for online surveillance... |
Salon.com February 1, 2002 Jeff Stein |
Bin Laden's Olympic dreams Al-Qaida conducted "meticulous" surveillance of Salt Lake City, intelligence official says... |
InternetNews April 17, 2009 Alex Goldman |
Microsoft Talks Data Tools for Law Enforcement Taking a page from its business intelligence and enterprise collaboration tools, Microsoft releases a suite of data-sharing and analysis software for law enforcement agencies |
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2004 |
The 9/11 Report: Details of the central event of our time It's not the sophisticated sensors, signal processing, satellite communications, and automation technology that wins the day in the end; it's the people who use the technology that make the difference. |
Salon.com September 11, 2001 Laura Miller |
A new breed of terrorism A security expert says it's time for the U.S. to declare war on those who are waging war on America... |
Salon.com June 12, 2000 Bruce Shapiro |
The hyping of domestic terrorism Why a new report on the threat of international terrorist attacks on U.S. soil is a con job. |
Salon.com September 22, 2001 Damien Cave & Katharine Mieszkowski |
The end of liberty Law enforcement officials are taking advantage of the war on terrorism to get everything they ever wanted, some say... |
InternetNews May 24, 2010 |
Facebook CEO Apologizes for Privacy Missteps CEO Mark Zuckerberg makes his first public comments in response to Facebook's latest privacy controversy, promising to reveal a set of updates to the site in short order. |
Information Today July 14, 2015 George H. Pike |
USA FREEDOM Act: Protector of Civil Liberties or Window Dressing? For the first time since the USA PATRIOT Act was signed into law in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, Congress has scaled back the scope of its provisions. |
PC World February 10, 2003 Kyle Stock |
Feds Look to Expand Electronic Surveillance Confidential proposal calls for increased monitoring of private e-mail messages, Web surfing, and other online activities. |
Parameters Autumn 2008 Daniel S. Roper |
Global Counterinsurgency: Strategic Clarity for the Long War Though policy initiatives since September 11, 2001 have positively influenced certain agencies in their efforts to secure America, some steps have actually limited the nation's effectiveness in countering the threats it faces. |
Reason November 2003 |
Show Us Your Money The USA PATRIOT Act lets the feds spy on your finances. But does it help catch terrorists? |
PC World October 25, 2001 Cara Garretson |
Net Surfing, E-Mail Targets of New Antiterror Law Court orders to be used to track and intercept online communications... |
BusinessWeek June 13, 2005 Stan Crock |
Decades Of Terror Blunders Timothy Naftali's, Blind Spot: The Secret History of American Counterterrorism, offers fascinating detail on why needed reforms were neglected over the decades. |
National Defense March 2010 Stew Magnuson |
Give Police a Seat at the Homeland Security Policy Table, Says Sheriff Police departments have a lot to contribute to the international fight against terrorism and should be able to participate in big picture strategy discussions that shape U.S. diplomacy and international relations. |
Salon.com September 14, 2001 Katharine Mieszkowski |
Send in the online spooks? In the aftermath of terrorism, civil libertarians are running for cover. But are they protesting too much? |
BusinessWeek June 28, 2004 Paul Magnusson |
The Smart Way To Fix Intelligence From Pearl Harbor to the terrorist attacks of September 11, the lesson keeps being repeated: A dollar spent on identifying the threat and preventing the attack can be worth far more than the millions spent safeguarding targets or the billions spent cleaning up the aftermath. |
BusinessWeek August 8, 2005 Otis Port |
In The Datasphere, No Word Goes Unheard Cell calls, e-mail, and Web uploads are rich sources of clues on terrorism. |
Searcher Nov/Dec 2008 Paul Piper |
Nets of Terror Terrorist activity on the Internet. |
InternetNews December 3, 2008 Richard Adhikari |
Twitter CEO Predicts Revenues in '09 Can Twitter survive? Can it make money? Enough already about whether the service can hang on, says the CEO. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2005 |
2005: The Year to Get a Handle on Terrorism Despite the compromise intelligence bill hammered out by Congress Dec. 7 and 8, the issue of coordinating this country's intelligence operations to tackle the issue of terrorism is far from resolved. |
BusinessWeek January 23, 2006 Stephen Baker |
The NSA: Security in Numbers The techno-spy agency has a greater need than ever for American math talent, but recruiting in the age of Google is a lot tougher. |
Fast Company Neal Ungerleider |
Facebook Is Upgrading Search Functionality Within User Profiles Facebook appears to be quietly rolling out a new search feature: the ability to search within individual profiles. |
PC World September 11, 2001 Dan Verton |
Terrorist Attacks Shake U.S. Infrastructure Cyberspace may be clogged, but it's apparently not a target -- this time, experts say... |