Aussies OK Social Media Monitoring On Terror: Commerce Not

“The use of social media by terrorists has been widely reported and has clearly
had an impact on the Australian public’s acceptance of the need for authorities
to monitor these channels for public safety and national security purposes,”
says John Kendall, security program director at Unisys Asia Pacific.

“However, Australians clearly take into account the objectives of such
monitoring to discern whether it is acceptable.

“There is moderate support to monitor social media to track an organisation’s
performance or to evaluate job candidates in positions of trust such as carers
or teachers. But there is very little support – only 27 percent approval – for
using this information for marketing.”