The arm of the railroad between the technological and the US intelligence agencies continues. After the war between Apple and the FBI to unlock the iPhone of a terrorist, now it was the turn of Twitter prevent the intelligence agencies of the United States to access Dataminr, a service that can detect terrorist attacks.
The information was released by the Wall Street Journal quoting sources of US federal agencies. According to these sources, the social network of Jack Dorsey was concerned about the “optics” of the relationship. Twitter would be concerned by the relationship seem “very friendly”, at a time when relations between the technology industry and the US government soured when it comes to privacy issues.
When contacted by the newspaper, the platform said that the data from this service, “are largely public part and that the US government can access public profiles on their own, as any user.”
Dataminr, service where Twitter has a stake 5% is a software that allows you to monitor all publications in the social platform for later publications suggest that users are interested. Ie allows signal events before being reported by the media, for example through a “tweet” of an employee of a company that is preparing a restructuring or a photograph of a survivor of a terrorist attack.
According to the Business Insider, US intelligence agencies used this service to monitor terrorist attacks, such as Brussels. However, according to the WSJ advanced information now will no longer be able to use.
Twitter also explained to the WSJ has a policy of “third-party restriction … to sell your information to a government agency for surveillance purposes.” However, as underlined by the Business Insider, US agencies were able to use the Dataminr for two years before the ban was enacted.
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