Visible Technologies Gets Funding To Help The CIA Monitor Social Media
PaidContent Oct 20 09
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. Full story...
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