Project Name: Social Network map alert mash-up application
Project Type: Social Media Application
Project Scope: Social media has become a primary source of intelligence because it has become the premier first response to key events and the primal alert to possible developing situations.
Project Requirements:
- The application should collect “open source” information.
- Provide an automated search and scrape capability of social networks including Facebook and Twitter.
- Allow users to create new keyword searches.
- Display different levels of threats as alerts on maps, possibly using colour coding to distinguish priority. Google Maps 3D and Yahoo Maps are listed among the “preferred” mapping options.
- Plot a wide range of domestic and global terror data.
- Immediately translate foreign language tweets into English.
Project Owner: FBI
Are you up for the challenge? Please note next time you write something on Facebook, Twitter, or any other social platform BEWARE, the FBI might be scraping what you’re writing!
