{"id":2742,"date":"2016-04-16T08:24:20","date_gmt":"2016-04-16T00:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/04\/16\/the-cia-is-very-interested-in-your-tweets-and-instagram-photos\/"},"modified":"2016-04-16T08:24:20","modified_gmt":"2016-04-16T00:24:20","slug":"the-cia-is-very-interested-in-your-tweets-and-instagram-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/04\/16\/the-cia-is-very-interested-in-your-tweets-and-instagram-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"The CIA is very interested in your tweets and Instagram photos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cia\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.3.mshcdn.com\/media\/ZgkyMDE2LzA0LzE1L2EyL0NJQS5mMjc4MC5qcGcKcAl0aHVtYgk1NzV4MzIzIwplCWpwZw\/e396a71a\/ee0\/CIA.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;width: 50px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?via=Mashable&amp;text=The+CIA+is+very+interested+in+your+tweets+and+Instagram+photos&amp;src=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F04%2F15%2Fcia-investments-social-media-mining%2F\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-tw\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-tw-f7c0a094d16b7ee7c91a1e50839a8e00.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F04%2F15%2Fcia-investments-social-media-mining%2F&amp;src=sp\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-fb\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-fb-c0a21e8841794479b8086c32c6f24ba1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Soft robots that\u00a0can grasp delicate objects, computer algorithms designed to spot an \u201cinsider threat,\u201d and artificial intelligence that will sift through large data sets\u00a0<span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">\u2014<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">\u00a0these are just a few of the\u00a0technologies being pursued by companies with investment from In-Q-Tel, the CIA\u2019s venture capital firm, according to a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/2803266-Iqtdoc.html\" style=\"line-height: 1.5\">document<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\"> obtained by <\/span><em style=\"line-height: 1.5\">The Intercept.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Yet among the 38 previously undisclosed companies receiving In-Q-Tel funding, the research focus that stands out is social media mining and surveillance; 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