Report: China is reportedly using ‘sophisticated’ software to monitor Western social media sites. Chinese state media, propaganda departments, cyber regulators, police and military agencies have reportedly pursued a $320,000 software program that mines Twitter and Facebook to create a database of foreign journalists and academics. Security experts stress that China’s focus on social media data can certainly be dangerous over time. “The ability to scrape social media is an ongoing issue that will only get worse in time,” says one security expert.”]
Source: https://www.cuinfosecurity.com/report-china-mining-western-social-media-for-intelligence-a-18234