{"id":1978397,"date":"2023-07-20T11:54:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T15:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-government-funded-ai-surveillance-program-targeting-emotions-expressed-in-social-media-during-covid\/"},"modified":"2023-07-20T11:57:47","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T15:57:47","slug":"u-s-government-funded-ai-surveillance-program-targeting-emotions-expressed-in-social-media-during-covid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-government-funded-ai-surveillance-program-targeting-emotions-expressed-in-social-media-during-covid\/","title":{"rendered":"US Govt Funds AI-Surveillance Program for Covid-Era Social Media Emotions."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fu-s-government-funded-ai-surveillance-program-targeting-emotions-expressed-in-social-media-during-covid%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1978397&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n<div>\n<figure>\n    <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>The\u2064 National Science Foundation Funds \u2064AI-Based Database on COVID-19 \u200bDiscussions<\/h2>\n<p>The National Science Foundation\u2019s Division of Social and Economic Sciences has awarded $196,890 to Mississippi State University for the creation of an AI-based database analyzing how people used <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media<\/a> to discuss Covid-19.<\/p>\n<p>The program, titled \u201cRAPID:\u2062 Analyses of Emotions Expressed in Social Media and Forums During the COVID-19\u2062 Pandemic,\u201d aims to establish\u2064 a database that records emotions linked to virtual threats\u2063 and investigates the connection between negative \u200bemotions during the pandemic and regional variation and socioeconomic status.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View NSF Award Search_ Award # 2031246 - RAPID_ Analyses of Emotions Expressed in Social Media and Forums During the COVID-19 Pandemic on Scribd\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/660056704\/NSF-Award-Search-Award-2031246-RAPID-Analyses-of-Emotions-Expressed-in-Social-Media-and-Forums-During-the-COVID-19-Pandemic#from_embed\">NSF Award Search_ Award # 2\u2026<\/a> by <a title=\"View The Federalist's profile on Scribd\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/user\/274202084\/The-Federalist#from_embed\">The Federalist<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe data will permit\u2064 analyses of risks such as sharing of more personal information \u200bonline, misinformation\u200c initiation and spread, relaxed security preferences, and insider threat,\u201d reads the award\u2019s abstract.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The program aims \u200bto advance science by providing \u2062insights for\u200c community response and policymaking during pandemics, focusing on the link between emotions and local and regional social and\u2064 geographic factors.<\/p>\n<p>Using artificial intelligence and data science techniques, the researchers\u2062 processed and analyzed nearly\u200b 15,000,000 social\u2064 media posts collected from 10-15 platforms from December 2019 to December 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The platforms included mainstream sites like \u2062YouTube, Reddit, \u2063Tumblr, pre-Musk Twitter, and\u200c Flickr, as well as\u2063 Parler, Gab, 8kun, 4chan, and Mastadon.<\/p>\n<p><strong>[READ:\u200d[READ:<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/01\/10\/big-tech-oligarchs-collude-to-ban-parler-from-internet-and-phones\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Big Tech Oligarchs Collude To \u200bBan \u2062Parler\u2064 From Internet\u200b And Phones<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to the grant\u2019s project outcomes report, the researchers\u200d found that emotions \u2062were associated with pandemic events and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/americans-continue-to-lack-trust-in-national-institutions-poll\/\" title=\"Poll: Americans still lack trust in national institutions.\">varied based<\/a> on social institutions such as churches, hospitals, and \u2064schools. They were able to identify\u2064 clusters\u200b of negative emotions\u200c and the influence of misinformation on perceptions of vaccinations and the Covid-19 virus.<\/p>\n<p>The report emphasizes the importance of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-government-funded-ai-surveillance-program-targeting-emotions-expressed-in-social-media-during-covid\/\" title=\"US Govt Funds AI-Surveillance Program for Covid-Era Social Media Emotions.\">examining social media platforms&#8217; role<\/a> in shaping information sharing, storytelling, and the presence of misinformation and counter-misinformation.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers\u200c also utilized data from the U.S. Census,\u200c county-level voting patterns, public health intervention data, and Facebook&#8217;s Social Connectedness Index to build\u2062 a comprehensive database on emotions related to Covid-19.<\/p>\n<p>Missouri State University did not provide a comment at the time of publication.<\/p>\n<p>Starting in 2019, the National Science Foundation also funded \u200dYR Media,\u2063 a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/group-promotes-transgender-ideology-in-florida-there-is-no-such-thing-as-other-peoples-children\/\" title=\"Group Promotes Transgender Ideology in Florida: 'There Is No Such Thing as Other People's Children'\">nonprofit based<\/a> in Oakland, California, to teach &#8220;underrepresented&#8221;\u200c and &#8220;underserved&#8221; youth how to integrate\u2063 critical theory with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tiktok-drones-and-huawei-chinas-triangular-digital-war-on-the-west\/\" title=\"TikTok, Drones, And Huawei: China\u2019s Triangular Digital War On The West\">artificial intelligence technologies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>[READ:[READ:<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/07\/12\/u-s-government-spent-millions-teaching-underrepresented-youth-to-integrate-ai-with-critical-theory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">U.S. Government \u200cSpent Millions\u200b Teaching \u2018Underrepresented Youth\u2019 To Integrate \u200bAI With Critical Theory<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Samuel Mangold-Lenett is a staff \u2064editor \u2063at The Federalist. His \u2064writing\u200c has been featured in the Daily \u2064Wire, \u200cTownhall, The American Spectator, and other outlets. He\u200b is a 2022 Claremont Institute Publius Fellow. Follow him on Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/smlenett\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@smlenett<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>Samuel Mangold-Lenett<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\n          <span>Visit on Twitter<\/span><br \/>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/smlenett\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@smlenett<\/a>\n        <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Science Foundation&#8217;s Division of Social and Economic Sciences granted $196,890 to Mississippi State University for an AI-driven database. It will analyze Covid-19 discussions on social media. 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