“We are in the midst of a communications revolution. Use of social media for communication purposes continues to grow, while "old school" messaging media like email is on the decline. Facebook reportedly has reached 700 million users worldwide and is putatively valued at $50 billion dollars. Advertising revenue expected to be generated from social media is estimated to reach $8.3 billion dollars annually by 2015. Significantly, according to one survey, 81% of companies have implemented (or plan to implement) social networking in order to enhance their exposure. Seventy-three percent of small and medium businesses reportedly employ social media for marketing purposes.” The Legal Implications of Social Networking: The Basics (Part One) By David Navetta on June 11, 2011Posted in ECPA, Social Networking
Whenever we surf on the web we disseminate a large amount of information that could be used for different purposes. Contrary to what you might believe, this information is very precious for private businesses and government agencies. The first group uses them mainly for commercial analysis; the second for monitoring and surveillance. http://resources.infosecinstitute.com/concerns-on-social-media-monitoring/
The social media are vital component in today’s intelligence analysis, but if it is quite simple for governments to acquire a huge