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Visible Technologies Gets Funding To Help The CIA Monitor Social Media

Source: paidContent.org

Oct 20, 2009

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As if posting a stream of status updates to hundreds of strangers on Twitter doesn’t have enough “big brother” potential ... Visible Technologies, the WPP-backed social media monitoring firm, has picked up an undisclosed amount of funding from In-Q-Tel, the strategic investment arm of the U.S. government.

In-Q-Tel serves the C.I.A. and other government intelligence agencies, by taking stakes in firms specializing in biotechnology, software development and communications, among others. Related investments include In-Q-Tel’s funding of business analytics firm Spotfire (now a division of Tibco), and virtual world tech firm Forterra Systems.

The new money comes just a few months after Visible Technologies raised $6 million in funding from its existing investors; the company says it has raised a total of $23.5 million from all parties—including In-Q-Tel—to date.

Given that social networks, particularly Twitter, have quickly evolved into conduits for breaking news about civil unrest, terrorist attacks and other major events, it’s a no-brainer to think that the C.I.

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