US Army Hiring Contractor To Spy on Social Media

Yes, it turns out the Army is in the midst of looking for a data mining contractor to dredge up threats around the world. And many illuminating details about the project have shown up on a government job board.
An ad for the contract first appeared Tuesday on the FedBizOps website operated by the General Services Administration. The posting was first noticed by Bob Brewin of Nextgov.
The contract is being offered by an Army contract shop in Europe, Brewin reports. It seeks a firm that would do social media data mining looking for threats that could impact the Army's European Command, which is responsible for operations throughout Europe, as well as Israel and Russia.
The contract, which goes by the long and technical name "Social Media Data-mining, Localized Research, Market Audience Analysis and Narrowcast Engagement Requirements," seeks a firm that will carry out "strategic communications, operations to engage local populations, build interagency partnerships and identify violent extremist influences," emanating from regions around the world. LINK