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"The report (summary below) by the US Department of Justice addressing possible connections between terrorism and mass murders raises a perplexing question; do law enforcement and correctional agencies have the ability to monitor social media accounts to detect these events?
The report focuses on potential warnings through social media. I’m extending the conversation of social media threats to day-to-day criminal activity."