The Military Wants a Privacy Firewall for Disaster Response

Defense One: When disaster strikes on U.S. soil, first responders are learning to look at tweets and Instagram posts to learn what areas are hardest hit, where the danger has passed, and where it is going. But should U.S. troops join that effort, privacy laws would quickly snarl efforts to share helpful bits from social media. The military is now seeking software that can strip out information that might identify who is posting what, leaving just the data that might inform relief efforts.

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