CIA's 'Facebook' Program Dramatically Cut Agency's Costs

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CIA's 'Facebook' Program Dramatically Cut Agency's Costs

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US Secret Service takes to Twitter

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AFP 

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US Secret Service, renowned for the sharp suited agents protecting the US president, made its debut on Twitter on Monday, saying the micro-blogging site could help recruiting.

The agency, which also has a uniformed branch and protects the grounds of the White House, has a second mission of preventing currency and bond fraud, and became the latest of a long list of US government agencies to join Twitter.

"The Internet is a valuable resource for people all over the world," said Secret Service Assistant Director Mickey Nelson.

"By using social media sites, we hope to supplement our recruitment efforts, while providing an informative, helpful tool to businesses and individuals who are interested in information from our agency."

Nelson said the @SecretService account would highlight the service's investigative mission and hand out information to local communities about security on presidential visits and other high-profile events.

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Facebook accused of removing activists’ pages

Editor's Note:  Facebook and Mass "Corporate" Media outlets are censoring comments of news stories posted on Facebook, as well.  Even if you do not post a link, comments are deleted or rejected out of hand for no clear reason.   What's up Facebook?  It appears that the CIA front is concerned about information which refutes the government's propaganda.


Protest groups claim Facebook has taken down dozens of pages over the weekend in a purge of activists' accounts

Shiv Malik
Guardian

Facebook has removed dozens of profiles from its site, causing an outcry from campaigners trying to organise anti-austerity protests this weekend.

The deactivated pages include UK Uncut,and pages created by students during last December’s university occupations.

A list posted on the Stop Facebook Purge group says Chesterfield Stop the Cuts, Tower Hamlet Greens, London Student Assembly, Southwark SoS and Bristol Uncut sites are no longer functioning.

Administrators for the profiles say hundreds of links between activists have been broken in the run up to the May Day bank holiday. When users click on URL links the message "the page you requested was not found" now appears.

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