New York Police to Form Unit to Monitor Social Networking Websites

TEHRAN (FNA)- As social media has turned to be a platform of revolutions in the West, Britain in particular, New York Police Department has adopted measures to have stronger control over social networking websites, including Twitter and Facebook.
The internet, and social media in particular, has become the new front in large scale warfare along with new territory for police to monitor for criminal activities and even advertised house parties.

Now the New York Police Department has decided to form a new unit with the explicit purpose of monitoring Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, and other social networks in an attempt to track down suspects.

The unit will be a part of the Community Affairs Bureau and will extend beyond the internet into community outreach programs.

Assistant Commissioner Kevin O'Connor will run the unit who will trawl social media networks trying to uncover chatter about crimes ranging from the seemingly insignificant house party to "gang showdowns and other potential mayhem," NY Daily News reported.

Meantime, the British police have arrested several internet users as part of a broader clampdown on social networking sites under security excuses.

Despite London's claims about supporting freedom of expression, British Prime Minister David Cameron believes that Facebook and Twitter contributed to what he called as the violence and chaos in London.

Cameron is attempting to eradicate free speech with the help of the aforementioned two social media behemoths.

Cameron claims that social media helped organize the riots, and stated, "Free flow of information can be used for good, but it can also be used for ill. So we are working with the police, the intelligence services and industry whether it will be right to stop people communicating via these websites and services."

Cameron is now unabashedly advocating the exact same control exerted over the web by corrupt leaders in Egypt and elsewhere.