Washington, D.C. – A recently revealed plan to conduct surveillance of journalists, bloggers and other “media influencers,” by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), has raised red flags among civil libertarians. The program— known as “Media Monitoring Services”— is designed to give a contractor company “24/7 access to a password protected,
Homeland Security Creates “Media Monitoring Services” to Keeps Tabs on Journalists, Media Influencers
DHS spokesman Tyler Houlton called the program «nothing more than the standard practice of monitoring current events in the media» and that «any suggestion otherwise is fit for tin foil hat wearing, black helicopter conspiracy theorists. »