Big Data Help CIA Predict Social Unrest 5 Days Before It Begins

Tagged: 3 Data & Info, 7.1.1F Public data, 7.2.1 Impact in other fields, 7.3.1 Benefits and harm, 7.3.1G Privacy, 7.3.1H Data aggregation, 7.3.1J Data collection, 7.4.1 Real-world contexts

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- October 10, 2016 at 3:10 am #1971
  
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  Tech Times, 10/7/2016
  
  The CIA and their new Directorate of Digital Innovation are working on “anticipatory intelligence” to predict future events. The Deputy Director says that they can sometimes forecast outbreaks of unrest up to five days ahead. These predictions are made by using classified information as well as open source data; commentators speculate that much of the data comes from massive social media surveillance.
  
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