Data from behind enemy lines: How Russia may have used Twitter to seize Crimea

(University of California - San Diego) Online discourse by users of social media can provide important clues about the political dispositions of communities. New research suggests it can even be used by governments as a source of military intelligence to estimate prospective casualties and costs incurred from occupying foreign territories.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news