The U.S. Department of Homeland Security wants to monitor hundreds of thousands of news sources around the world and compile a database of journalists, editors, foreign correspondents, and bloggers to identify top media influencers.
Its seeking a contractor that can help it monitor traditional news sources as well as social media and identify any and all coverage related to the agency or a particular event, according to a request for information released April 3.
The data to be collected includes a publications sentiment as well as geographical spread, top posters, languages, momentum, and circulation. No value for the contract was disclosed.
Does this qualify as distopian?
It probably qualifies as dystopian. ---
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