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Computer scientists say meme research doesn't threaten free speechhttp://www.computerworld.com/article/28 ... peech.htmlIn a letter to lawmakers Tuesday, five of the nation's top computing research organizations defended a research grant to study how information goes viral. The groups were responding to claims that the government-funded effort could help create a 1984-type surveillance state.
The controversy arises over a nearly $1 million research grant to researchers at Indiana University (IU) to investigate "why some ideas cause viral explosions while others are quickly forgotten," particularly on Twitter.
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[b]Computer scientists say meme research doesn't threaten free speech[/b]
http://www.computerworld.com/article/2843572/computer-scientists-say-meme-research-doesnt-threaten-free-speech.html
[quote]In a letter to lawmakers Tuesday, five of the nation's top computing research organizations defended a research grant to study how information goes viral. The groups were responding to claims that the government-funded effort could help create a 1984-type surveillance state.
The controversy arises over a nearly $1 million research grant to researchers at Indiana University (IU) to investigate "why some ideas cause viral explosions while others are quickly forgotten," particularly on Twitter.[/quote]
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