dangerous tweets

When I heard about Twitter my first thought was "why do we need it?" This semester we've found dozens of answers to that question - Twitter is used by journalists, friends, bloggers, scavenger hunters, state governments, and newspapers. This week the New York Times presented another possible use.

The United States army is investigating the possibility that terrorists could use Twitter to plan attacks, and communicate strategies and information. They realized the website's potential after political activists used it to plan their protest at the Republican convention in St Paul (world's best city). The range of possible uses from a website that seems so ridiculously simple is unbelievable.

What new possibilities do you think twittering might have for journalists that we haven't seen yet?

Read the article here.