Facebook, Twitter should be monitored: ex-British spy
April 25th, 2012 - 2:31 am ICT by IANS
London, April 25 (IANS) Social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter should be monitored to prevent their misuse by paedophiles and terrorists, a former British spy chief has said.
David Omand, former intelligence co-ordinator in the Cabinet Office, says criminals are increasingly making use of online social networks to communicate, Daily Mail reported.
Those responsible for protecting society need to use the technology to keep suspects under surveillance, he said, adding an individual’s account should only be “hacked” into under “certain circumstances”.
- Cyber criminals to target social networks, mobile devices: Security Report - Apr 06, 2011
- Governments monitoring email, China sucked out CBI's mails: Assange - Dec 03, 2011
- FBI software to scan tweets to predict crimes - Jan 27, 2012
- Putting holiday plans on Facebook, an open invitation to burglars - Oct 24, 2010
- Kids warned over Facebook modelling scam - Jan 22, 2011
- Government wants mechanism to prevent social websites' misuse - Aug 22, 2012
- New phone app to identify potential paedophiles - Jan 25, 2011
- Spies could use your TV to snoop on you - Mar 18, 2012
- Kuwait teachers told to use Twitter, Facebook - Aug 15, 2011
- Facebook, Twitter make girls 'appear more aggressive' - Jun 30, 2012
- Keeping check on social networking sites a challenge: Sibal - Sep 02, 2011
- Saddam's 45-minute WMD launch claim was included in dossier "for local colour" - Jan 21, 2010
- Facebook blamed for one-third divorces across globe - Dec 31, 2011
- Hate censorship, but freedom often misused: Omar - Dec 06, 2011
- MI5 dumps spies who don't know how to use Facebook and Twitter - Apr 12, 2010
Tags: british spy, cabinet office, circumstances, co ordinator, criminals, daily mail, facebook, former intelligence, london, online social networks, paedophiles, social networking sites, spy chief, surveillance, terrorists, twitter