Social Media Monitoring

After NDTV Report On Plans To Monitor Social Media, Ministry Responds

India News | Reported by Sukirti Dwivedi, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Tuesday August 14, 2018

A day after NDTV aired an investigative report on the government making repeated attempts to keep tabs on social media users, the foreign ministry issued a clarification about the very first tender floated on the issue.

Centre Tried Snooping On Social Media Users At Least 7 Times Since 2014

India News | Written by Sukirti Dwivedi | Tuesday August 14, 2018

Between 2014 and 2018, the government made at least seven attempts to hire private firms to monitor social media users, an NDTV investigation has found.

No Plan To Control Social Media, Says Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday July 16, 2018

Facing flak over the centre's proposal to set up a social media hub to "collect digital chatter", Union minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore said today that the government has "no plan to control social media."

"Surveillance State": Top Court On Centre's Project To Track Social Media

India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie | Saturday July 14, 2018

Is the central government trying to create a surveillance state? The Supreme Court asked the question today on hearing a writ by Trinamool Congress legislator Mahua Maitra against the social media hub that the centre plans to set up to monitor social media activity.

Centre Wants To Monitor Social Media, WhatsApp, Top Court Seeks Response

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday July 13, 2018

The Supreme Court has taken strong note of the Information and Broadcasting Ministry's decision to set up a social media hub for monitoring online data, observing that it will be "like creating a surveillance state".

Centre Plans 'Big Brother' Tool To Track Social Media, Email: 10 Facts

India News | Reported by Sukirti Dwivedi, Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Saturday May 26, 2018

Every Facebook, Twitter and email user in India could soon have a new follower: the government. In a massive step with deep ramifications, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has invited bids for what could possibly be one of the world's largest social media monitoring systems - a tool that will track tweets, posts and content shared from ...

Why Insurance Cost May Fall For These Twitter Users

Business | Thomson Reuters | Sunday October 23, 2016

Social media monitoring is one of several advances insurers are examining to improve the pricing of policies.

Facebook, Twitter Feeds Helped Police Track Protesters In US

World News | Indo-Asian News Service | Wednesday October 12, 2016

Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram provided user data access to a developer of a social media monitoring product that helped police monitor racial protests in US' Baltimore city, an American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Northern California report said.

FBI seeking social media monitoring tool

World News | Agence France-Presse | Friday January 27, 2012

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation is looking for a tool to mine social media for intelligence tips. The US domestic law enforcement agency is asking information technology contractors about the feasibility of building a tool that would "enhance its techniques for collecting and sharing 'open source' actionable intelligence."