Spy organisation scouring social media for extremist threats

http://socialnetworkingnews.org/spy-organisation-scouring-social-media-for-extremist-threats/

Australia’s peak intelligence agency is stepping up its analysis of terrorist threats including scouring social media to track extremist propaganda and recruitment efforts.

The top secret Office of National Assessments (ONA), Australia’s leading intelligence assessment agency, is recruiting personnel to strengthen both its counterterrorism branch and Open Source Centre, which collects and analyses publicly available information relating to Australia’s national security and international relations.

The ONA recruitment drive is at odds with the federal government’s efforts to downside the Australian Public Service but reflects a sharp increase in resources – $630 million over four years – flowing to national security agencies in response to the perceived threat from Islamic extremists

Source: www.smh.com.au

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