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The Federal Reserve Plans To Identify “Key Bloggers” And Monitor Billions Of Conversations About The Fed On Facebook, Twitter...
This title reminded Elliott of a story about Lyndon B. Johnson: "When Lyndon Johnson ran for Congress, legend says, he wanted to spread the rumor that his opponent was a pig-f*cker. Johnson's campaign manager said, 'Lyndon, you know he doesn't do that!' Johnson replied, 'I know. I just want to make him deny it.'" (Now That's Amore)
We have forced the Fed to worry about what people are saying about it, when for generations no one asked questions. Now they'd like to get people to self-censor before they write anything negative. ~ Ilene
The Federal Reserve Plans To Identify “Key Bloggers” And Monitor Billions Of Conversations About The Fed On Facebook, Twitter, Forums And Blogs
Courtesy of Michael Snyder of Economic Collapse
The Federal Reserve wants to know what you are saying about it. In fact, the Federal Reserve has announced plans to identify "key bloggers" and to monitor "billions of conversations" about the Fed on Facebook, Twitter, forums and blogs. This is yet another sign that the alternative media is having a dramatic impact.
As first reported on Zero Hedge, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York has issued a "Request for Proposal" to suppliers who may be interested in participating in the development of a "Sentiment Analysis And Social Media Monitoring Solution". In other words, the Federal Reserve wants to develop a highly sophisticated system that will gather everything that you and I say about the Federal Reserve on the Internet and that will analyze what our feelings about the Fed are. Obviously, any "positive" feelings about the Fed would not be a problem. What they really want to do is to gather information on everyone that views the Federal Reserve negatively. It is unclear how they plan to use this information once they have it, but considering how many alternative media sources have been shut down lately, this is obviously a very troubling sign.
You can read this "Request for Proposal" right here. Posted below are some of the key quotes from the document (in bold) with some of my own commentary in between the quotes....
"The intent is to establish a fair and equitable partnership with a market leader who will who gather data from various social media outlets and news sources and provide applicable reporting to FRBNY. This Request for Proposal ("RFP") was created in an effort to support FRBNY's Social Media Listening Platforms initiative."
A system like this is not cheap. Apparently the Federal Reserve Bank of New York believes that gathering all of this information is very important. In recent years, criticism of the Federal Reserve has become very intense, and most of this criticism has been coming from the Internet. It has gotten to the point where the Federal Reserve Bank of New York has decided that it had better listen to what is being said and find out who is saying it.
"Social media listening platforms are solutions that gather data from various social media outlets and news sources. They monitor billions of conversations and generate text analytics based on predefined criteria. They can also determine the sentiment of a speaker or writer with respect to some topic or document."
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York intends to listen in on "billions of conversations" and to actually determine the "sentiment" of those that are participating in those conversations.
Of course it will be those conversations that are "negative" about the Federal Reserve that will be setting off the alarm bells.
"Identify and reach out to key bloggers and influencers"
Uh oh. So they plan to "identify" key bloggers and influencers?
What exactly do they plan to do once they "identify" them?
"The solution must be able to gather data from the primary social media platforms –Facebook, Twitter, Blogs, Forums and YouTube."
Hopefully you understand this already, but nothing posted on the Internet is ever anonymous. Everything on the Internet is gathered by a vast host of organizations and is used for a wide variety of purposes. Data mining has become a billion dollar industry, and it is only going to keep growing.
You may think that you are "anonymous" when you criticize organizations like the Fed, but the truth is that if you are loud enough they will see it and they will make a record of it.
"The solution must provide real-time monitoring of relevant conversations. It should provide sentiment analysis (positive, negative or neutral) around key conversational topics."
Why do they need to perform "sentiment analysis"?
If someone is identified as being overly "negative" about the Fed, what will they do about it?
"The solution should provide an alerting mechanism that automatically sends out reports or notifications based a predefined trigger."
This sounds very much like the kind of "keyword" intelligence gathering systems that are currently in use by major governments around the globe.
Very, very creepy stuff.
Are you disturbed yet?
For those of us that write about the Federal Reserve a lot, this is very sobering news.
I wonder what the Fed will think about the following articles that I have posted on this site....
*Celebrating Independence Yet Enslaved To Debt
*19 Reasons Why The Federal Reserve Is At The Heart Of Our Economic Problems
*Is Ben Bernanke A Liar, A Lunatic Or Is He Just Completely And Totally Incompetent?
*10 Things That Would Be Different If The Federal Reserve Had Never Been Created
What is their "Social Media Monitoring Solution" going to think about those articles?
Unfortunately, this is all part of a very disturbing trend.
Recently, a very creepy website known as "Attack Watch" was launched to gather information on those saying "negative" things about Barack Obama.
Suddenly, everyone seems obsessed with what you and I are saying.
This just shows how the power of the alternative media is growing.
Not only that, but it seems as though the government also wants to gather as much information on all of us as possible.
For example, a new rule is being proposed by the Department of Health and Human Services that would force health insurance companies to submit detailed health care information about all of their customers to the federal government.
Every single day our privacy is being stripped away a little bit more.
But now it is often not just enough for them to know what we are doing and saying. Instead, the "authorities" are increasingly stepping in to silence important voices.
One of the most recent examples of this was when Activistpost was taken down by Google. We are still awaiting word on why this was done.
Sadly, the silencing of Activistpost is far from an isolated incident.
Hordes of YouTube accounts have been shut down for their political viewpoints.
Quite a few very prominent alternative media websites have been censored or attacked because of what they stand for.
So why is this happening? Well, it turns out that the power of the alternative media is growing. According to a new survey by the Pew Research Center for The People & The Press, 43 percent of Americans say that they get their news on national and international issues from the Internet. Back in 1999, that figure was sitting at just 6 percent.
The American people are sick and tired of getting "canned news", and they are increasingly turning to the Internet in a search for the truth.
As I have written about previously, the mainstream media in this country is overwhelmingly dominated by just 6 very powerful corporations....
Today, ownership of the news media has been concentrated in the hands of just six incredibly powerful media corporations. These corporate behemoths control most of what we watch, hear and read every single day. They own television networks, cable channels, movie studios, newspapers, magazines, publishing houses, music labels and even many of our favorite websites. Sadly, most Americans don't even stop to think about who is feeding them the endless hours of news and entertainment that they constantly ingest. Most Americans don't really seem to care about who owns the media. But they should. The truth is that each of us is deeply influenced by the messages that are constantly being pounded into our heads by the mainstream media. The average American watches 153 hours of television a month. In fact, most Americans begin to feel physically uncomfortable if they go too long without watching or listening to something. Sadly, most Americans have become absolutely addicted to news and entertainment and the ownership of all that news and entertainment that we crave is being concentrated in fewer and fewer hands each year.
The "news" that we get from various mainstream sources seems to always be so similar. It is as if nearly all mainstream news organizations are reading from the same script. The American people know that they are not getting the whole truth and they have been increasingly looking to alternative sources.
The monopoly over the news that the mainstream media once possessed has been broken. The alternative media is now creating some huge problems for organizations that were once very closely protected by the mainstream media.
The American people are starting to wake up and they are starting to get very upset about a lot of the corruption that has been going on in our society.
But it turns out that the "authorities" don't like it too much when Americans try to actually exercise free speech in America today. For example, you can see recent video of female protesters in New York City being penned in by police and then brutally maced right here.
Are you sickened by that?
You should be.
What the "authorities" want is for us to shut up, sit in our homes and act as if nothing wrong is happening.
Meanwhile, they seem determined to watch us more closely than ever.
So are you going to be afraid to talk negatively about the Federal Reserve now that you know that they are going to be watching what you say on the Internet?
Please feel free to leave a comment with your thoughts below....
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Are any of you the violent types? Riots, bombs, that sort of thing? You know, like the Arabs? Those are the folks the FED is after. They don't mind you at all Tyler. You don't eschew violent behavior...just good trading news.
Are any of you the violent types? Those are the folks the FED is after.
Tell that to Bernie von Nothaus. They branded him a domestic terrorist for minting silver coins.
They are after people who damage their legitimacy.
Take a shower, have a cup of coffe, and clear the cobwebs out of your brain.
Why does the FED need to monitor the Arabs? What are we spending all that on 'Homeland Security' for? Has the FED merged with the FBI & CIA? Do they now have an anti-terrorist mandate to go along with controlling inflation and full employment?
The answer is no - they have no business or interest in camel jockeys. Their only fear is an informed American voter.
The Fed is a banking cartel. Getting involved in the surveillance of the Internet is an admission that they are not just a banking cartel, but are in actuality part of an international control mechanism to stiffle any political representation under any political system, anywhere.
End the Fed
They may silence one or two blogs (on some bullshit pretext) as a warning to the rest.
1984 is a comin'.
1984, yes.
"Identify and reach out to key bloggers and influencers"
Uh oh. So they plan to "identify" key bloggers and influencers?
What exactly do they plan to do once they "identify" them?
Answer: "reach out, of course!" Which could include a good salary for propagating the exact same news on a slightly different schedule, like when the right market has to go down, etc. Every system has the power to corrupt where breaking is not advised... During the 19th Century revolutions you could walk through a beerhall without meeting any "normal" or "revolutionary" persons, all payed "Agent Provocateurs" spouting revolutionary propaganda to see if they could find someone to arrest.
"Reach out and gag someone......." ... at least Ma Bell used its politically-connected monopoly powers benevolently, unlike the Tomb on Constitution Avenue....
.. the facade is getting threadbare, and the actors are forgetting their lines, and the unlucky audience members are starting to feel a cold hunk of metal pressed against their temples as they get the urge to leave....
The Fed is in for some major butthurt.
The Fed is turning into one of obummer's major embarrassments. This could get interesting.
One really has to wonder what he was thinking when he created it.
I hope you're kidding. It was slipped under the door while another useless ivy league fucktard snored in the White House.
As far as have seen Tyler and Zerohedge were first with this story. It needs to get out to folks as fast as possible. I won't knock anyone taking this viral but credit where credit is due to "Fight Club".
The FederaL RESERVE is a criminal enterprise and it is not federal and has no reservesd. It works like a facsist organmization with ties both to the governmnet and to the private banks. They privately control the money supply of the world deciding who gets what and how much. It is unlected and yet basically controlls the world.
They need to be removed from power and a fully accountable transparent agency needs to control the worlds money supply owned by the people not priavte interests
I classify the Bernak as the worst type of human being imgainable
A nerd who has prostituted himself to evil bankers
he could have used his mind for so m uch more
"The central bank is an institution of the most deadly hostility existing against the Principles and form of our Constitution. I am an Enemy to all banks discounting bills or notes for anything but Coin. If the American People allow private banks to control the issuance of their currency, first by inflation and then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around them will deprive the People of all their Property until their Children will wake up homeless on the continent their Fathers conquered." - Thomas Jefferson
Not this time Bankstas. We know your scam and we know how to defeat you.
We will all get out of imaginary paper wealth that is just someone elses debt, and buy real world wealth: Physical Silver and Gold.
http://www.roadtoroota.com/public/136.cfm
This will blow up your paper Ponzi scam.
snowball777 changed his avatar three times yesterday while posting on george washington's bullshit piece on these same wall street protesters. He likes to point out his academic credentials: Comp Sci Magna Cum laude at U.C.L.A, and how much more he earns than j6p. I don't think it will be too difficult to figure out who he is. I love this site because I have a hunger to learn that which I have not yet been exposed to. Unfortunately, some of the contributors seem to be false prophets geared toward social engineering. God Bless the mainstays of this site. God Bless zerohedge. No, I am not a religious ideologue, I am only clinging to the proposition that humanity is born basically good. Pardon me, but fuck the leftists of this world, for they will be our eventual downfall, along with their banker partners.
"I'm paid to come to this site and confuse anyone possible with an outdated left-right paradigm, expresed poorly, in order to hide the real nature of the evolving conflict - the state vs. the individual."
There, fixed it for ya.
Salty language for a man of the Lord, eh? You suck, "ClassicalLib17", if that is your real name. You obviously didn't major in History at Oral Roberts.....
"I don't think it will be too difficult to figure out who he is."
veiled threat, boiler-room scumbag?
If you come here to learn, then why don't you STFU and listen. So far, it doesn't seem to working very well. From your posts, it seems more like you come here to troll & shill, not to seek.
ClassicMoron#17:
"Anyone is welcome at the"
FightClub... even those
"without a brain."
Deepee 25:17
The path of the ignorant man is beset on all sides by the inequities of his intellect, for your blind and selfish egotism breeds tyranny, making thee an evil man.
Blessed are they, who, in the name of divine charity, infinite good will and boundless humour, shepherd another weak minded ameriKlan through the silicon valley of intellectual darkness.
Z..H will strike down upon thee, with great vengeance and furious anger, any who attempt to poison and destroy truth.
And you will surely know the all mighty wrath of Z..H when they lay rightous retribution upon thee.
From G..d's lips to your ears.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkmEZs_Kcms
Dear Ilene, you lose all credibility when you include the Wall Street protesters. Most of those people were out there to get arrested. I can't understand why you are still able to post your articles here. The average middle class American does not relate to your progressive point of view. Get lost, already.
wow, 41, thats a new record for ZH. If that is sarcasm, you need to use a little more flair. you have a long way to go.
So according to you...ignorance IS strength.
fascist pig
"Most of those people were out there to get arrested."
Please explain to a dumb foreigner what is wrong about this. You don't bother with a permission, you occupy some public real estate like the railroad where some nuclear waste is scheduled to come, you wait until the police removes you (in peace, you are engaging in a peaceful protest, Ghandi-style) you get the publicity you wanted at the expence of a small conviction. Done.
Of course, Europe is "Progressive". Is the "average middle class American" really in favour of macing peaceful protesters? After all this Euro-this Euro-that bashing I'm starting to believe we are Euro-savages who simply don't know shit because in most EU countries the Police Chief in charge of this incident would have to leave...
Ghord- As an American, I have to say that the above video of female protestors being maced for NO obvious reason is disgusting. Free assembly, free speech and privacy are basic rights in our country that must NEVER be eroded. This was not a bunch of loser G20 anarchists smashing and destroying property. From the images that I watched, I saw no reason for any of these people to be maced or held against their will. My father worked in the NY Supreme Court (60 centre st) and my uncle is a retired NYPD cop and I have several friends where I currently live who are cops. I am not anticop, just anti abuse of power. These protestors need to get a good lawyer and go after the cops that did this. Next, at the ballot box, vote out the bums that allowed the atmosphere that these cops operated under (ARE YOU LISTENING MAYOR BLOOMBERG AND PREZ OBAMA?). Anyone who has read my comments in the past knows that I am for law and order, but, this crap is not that. This is intimidation of those that TPTB do not want to allow to speak; be it in the street or on the internet. Protest marches are a pressure relief valve- not allowing venting leads to explosions that could ruin our glorious republic. What these aholes do not realize is that speech will win out. Better it be peacably vs violently.
CL17:
In my experience Trolls don't last long here.
As far as ilene goes, I view her/his (not clear to me) post as being valuable. Misguided political bent aside, I would no more want her submissions banished than I would like to see my obama infected sister banned from family gatherings. Not sure what she means by activist post being taken offline by Google though? I just googled it and came up just fine.
Thank you Ilene for doing very important work. Any protest movement includes a confused element. That does not make them any less relevant. They are a symptom of a broken system.
This website deserves to hear many viewpoints. Messages trying to silence are not welcome.
You had your chance last night, Timmy, or were you snowball777 last night? Your dream for world gov't is about to end.
Classical,
I'm no fan of ilene...not by a long shot...but this is the kind of thing everyone should be fighting against...left/right/middle...it doesn't matter with this issue one bit.
A quasi-governmental private organization, that is supposedly "outside the political sphere of influence" has now admitted/confirmed that it wants to mold & shape public opinion & perception. It is basically advertising for mercenaries & weapons when you boil it all down to its very essence.
At the same time, it still wants to be held apart from the rest of the politcal process, that is us...the voters.
It doesn't get anymore Orwellian than that.
1. Why haven't I seen this on the news?
2. What if any other private entity did this?
3. What are they in fear of?
Answer those three questions and you know everything you want to know about the FED.
Don't waste time on this trud. I have been watching his posts recently. He is either a paid shill, or a moron. Just junk & move on.
CL17
I have been a libertarian since before you were born. It seems you are the one with a problem with free speech. I suggest you chill out, and let somebody contribute an on topic comment.
Naturally, this bigbrotherproject will be an "expense" incurred for doing their business to keep the pulse on how to ensure their survival with a propaganda campaign perfectly matched with live information to dismiss their critics...their expenses go against any profits rebated to treasury in addition to the 6% on 1% of all excess reserves they keep for their own private profit, along with all their "expenses" for paying (off) so many PhD's and other agents across the country to run studies to befuddle and confuse people and create the illusion of their necessity.
Is not the fed a private bank? How does a none government entity get the right to do this? Can I legally monitor your cell phone texts?
BINGO!
Now tell me (sincerely, the crux of the matter) just how a PRIVATE orginization owned by the BANKSTERS has the LEGAL RIGHT to SPY upon the PUBLIC a la a Governmental Security Service?
By any stretch of the imagination, is there being a new boundary established with respect to the Big Brother Complex?
Like, WTF?
Guys this isn't spying. Nothing we post here is "private". They are just going to read the PUBLIC posts of LOTS of people, searching by keywords or something. You have the right to do the same thing, you just don't have the resources. I would bet that at least a couple Federal agencies have been doing this for years already. They aren't doing anything that requires a warrant...having said that, yes it is disturbing.
The difference between us, and the FED, the CIA or the KGB is resources.
No. The difference between us and the Fed, the CIA, and the KGB is -- we want to make our place in the world by the work of our own minds, by the work of our own hands, and by trading with others voluntarily on both sides. The dinosaurs want power, and the Fed more than any of them.
When I read what you say, it's because I'm interested and curious. When those guys read what you say -- and let you know that you are being watched, citizen -- it's yet one more attempt to control you. It's all they do.
Their time has ended.
I want power too you insensitive clod
So why would the fed go public with this?
Are they looking for some kind of reaction from us?
Hay you, YES you, I'm watching YOU.
Or scare tactic. They don't want people to keep spreading the word. Huffpo reviews every comment before posting. If too effective, Huffpo won't publish. Logistics for reviewing every comment on rest of establishment media are less favorable, so send in the scare tactics.
Remember your online local newspaper's website when spreading the word and posting links.
See you at the bottom of the hot tub
Good 1 Max. And you're probably right.................
TOR Project: Anonymity Online
https://www.torproject.org/
Good but damnt slow sometimes