The Truthy Datbase

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This is truly creepy. I suggest the Progs who think this is a good idea consider such a database in the hands of those who oppose them.

The federal government is spending nearly $1 million to create an online database that will track “misinformation” and hate speech on Twitter.

The National Science Foundation is financing the creation of a web service that will monitor “suspicious memes” and what it considers “false and misleading ideas,” with a major focus on political activity online.

The “Truthy” database, created by researchers at Indiana University, is designed to “detect political smears, astroturfing, misinformation, and other social pollution.”...


Feds Creating Database to Track Hate Speech on TwitterWashington Free Beacon Washington Free Beacon
 
The university received a grant for a project/ study.
 
Truthy is a research project that helps you understand how communication spreads on Twitter.

:lol: I can tell them for 100 bucks
 

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