Government Policies and Social Media

It seems the US government and no doubt other governments are using social media as a useful tool to investigate people and capture criminals. This carries some concerns as most people are innocent of any wrongdoing and in the non-cyberworld, long established safeguards are in place to secure the privacy and presume the innocence of ordinary citizens. In the cyberworld, however, such steps are not really in place. Although one would hope that the same safeguards would extend to the cyber-environment, the question is - do they? It would seem that clearer policies would be worth considering.

For more on this issue, check out this article. Also there is a white paper on Government and Social media available for free (for a limited time) download from Information week.