The big news this weekend in the world of national security and social media was the unsurprising revelation that the CIA maintains a division solely devoted to tracking social media activity. The Associated Press reported that self-proclaimed “ninja librarians” in … Continue reading
Understaning of how networks work, how things are connected and how future connections might be predicted have all evolved in recent years thanks to the work of Albert-László Barabási, a Romanian-born physicist at the University of Notre Dame. Popular Science … Continue reading
A quartet of researchers recently proved that a handful of “socialbots” could be used to exploit data from Facebook that users would otherwise believe to be hidden from the public, PCWorld reports. Different than traditional online robots, these socialbots are … Continue reading
The next great tool in monitoring arms control efforts and terrorist activity may be watchful citizens reporting their observations via social media, according to Assistant Secretary of State Rose Gottemoeller. Gottemoeller gave her take on the role Twitter and Facebook … Continue reading
The Associated Press reports that the uprisings across North Africa and the Middle East have inspired the Department of Homeland Security to turn to social networking sites for national intelligence gathering. “I can post anything on Facebook, is that valid? … Continue reading
The Army is advertising for someone to teach its soldiers about social networking, but it’s not the type of training that involves writing Tweets or making new friends on Facebook. Rather, the Army wants someone to teach its troops how … Continue reading
Responding to the growing numbers of Chinese turning to microblogging sites known as “weibo” as ways to disseminate news and opinion that may stray from the party line, the Communist Party’s Central Committee set a broad agenda at its annual … Continue reading
The Obama administration is struggling to fight Islamic terrorist recruiting through websites and social media, Politico reports. The story discusses how terrorist networks use traditional social networking sites such as Twitter, Facebook and MySpace to broaden their reach, while also … Continue reading
In early 2012, War 2.0 will present original research on the growth of this field to lay the groundwork for future news reporting. Until then, this site will function as a blog, succinctly highlighting examples of network science in the … Continue reading