Government fears Twitter

US Army intelligence thinks the messaging software could be used as an effective tool for coordinating attacks against the government.

They even give scenarios of how Twitter could work in such ways.
"Extremist and terrorist use of Twitter could evolve over time to reflect tactics that are already evolving in use by hacktivists and activists for surveillance," the intelligence report said. "This could theoretically be combined with targeting."
Apparently, the US government is afraid of Twitter's use by "socialists, human rights groups, communists, vegetarians, anarchists, religious communities, atheists, political enthusiasts, hacktivists".
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Maybe I am just old or maybe it is because I do not use a mobile device but Twitter always seemed like a waste of time to me.
I guess I need to keep up with the tools so that we can use those tools against the system.