Here's confirmation of the dangers to the innocent of false positives arising from asking institutions and social media companies to detect radicalisation (as is now required by law in the UK):- http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-35354061 A schoolboy of 10 was interviewed by police after a school reported him, when he had written that he lived in a "terrorist house" (rather than a "terraced house"). Bad spelling is now a criminal & national security matter. One can imagine how this could become rampant when algorithms search for radical speech by data mining, as is being contemplated by the social media companies in response to the widely-reported meeting last month with US LEAs. The Intercept has an article on this topic: https://theintercept.com/2016/01/20...-to-look-for-terrorists-heres-why-theyd-fail/
Well, "terrorist" and "terraced" do sound a little alike. Maybe more so in his local dialect. But seriously, maybe his teacher should have tried to correct his spelling, before bringing in the police. And yes, one can imagine that the kid's first search after coming home after that interview would be about terrorists
