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Library of Congress grapples with problem of making Twitter archive accessible
Working with Twitter, the Library of Congress has created an archive of approximately 170 billion tweets organized by date, says an LOC report released this month. Now, the technological challenge is how to make the archive accessible to researchers and policymakers in a comprehensive and useful way.
Agencies should make social media easier to locate and concentrate efforts, finds study
Social media can improve public participation in government, but in some ways, federal branch agencies and departments are going about social media the wrong way, according to an academic article published in the January 2013 issue of the Government Information Quarterly.
EU data proposal would likely lead to search engine filtering, says ENISA
If the European Parliament approves a right to be forgotten as part of a data protection proposal unveiled earlier this year, it's very possible the result will be large-scale search engine filtering, says the European Network and Information Security Agency. In a paper (.pdf) released Nov. 20, the agency says technical means alone don't exist that would permit individuals to control the distribution of information about them on the open Internet.
IRS shares tips for recruiting through social media
Federal agencies have long used job fairs and university outreach for recruitment, but the Internal Revenue Service is finding success through less traditional channels, such as social media.Like many agencies, the IRS has rules on its Facebook page about swearing and business solicitations. In many ways, successful interaction depends in part on clear standards and expectations, said Eric Erickson.
Zittrain: Peer-to-peer transactions risk privacy
CAMBRIDGE, MASS. – The rise of low-cost, peer-to-peer transactions facilitated by the Internet presents challenges for privacy, yet regulation of it may be difficult due to the First Amendment, said Jonathan Zittrain, a Harvard law professor. He spoke Nov. 9 at a symposium on privacy and technology held by the Harvard Law Review .
DHS: We mainly monitor the social media of government officials
The most common category of individual whose social media activity has been recently monitored by the Homeland Security Department is that of a senior U.S. or foreign government official, says a departmental review.
Tips for multilingual social media from State Dept. and GSA
Social media managers with non-English-speaking audiences should make sure the links they post will be useful for those audiences, Mariya Bouraima of the State Department said in an October webinar.
Voters increasingly post their ballot outcomes on social media
In a poll (.pdf) of 1,011 adults living in the continental United States conducted over landline and cell phones from Nov. 1 through Nov. 4, Pew researchers find that 22 percent of registered voters have let others know how they voted on a social networking site such as Facebook or Twitter. The poll has a margin of error of 3.6 percentage points.
Hurricane Sandy response grinds on
At latest count, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has disbursed more than $158 million in individual assistance to those affected by Hurricane Sandy, the agency says .
Government turns to social media for #Sandy alerts
Federal agencies are taking to social media to message alerts and updates related to Hurricane Sandy . Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Craig Fugate--one of the more active federal Twitter users , with more than 30,000 followers--was busy providing information about the storm via Twitter even before the first raindrops fell.
