Web Semantics: Twishing

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"Twitter, and its 140-characters-or-less message restriction has become quite popular over the past year, attracting attention from organizations and individuals all across the globe. American conservatives are scrambling to reach out to constituents (and educate elected officials) through the social network, and the Israeli Consulate held a Tweet-friendly conference on that nation's response to recent problems in the Gaza Strip. Even the US military is interested in the nation's tweeting trend, and is investigating whether or not the service could be used to plan or coordinate terrorist attacks. The malware industry, ever one to follow a popular trend, has taken notice of Twitter; preliminary attempts to breach the social network and exploit it as a malware distribution point are already underway."