How the 'digital exhaust' of social media data can predict gun violence
by Nellie Bowles in Austin, Texas from Technology | The Guardian on (#17259)
Gun deaths correlate to searches for 'ammo', one expert says, as social media gurus look to work around federal gun research ban with an innovative website
When it comes to data on shopping habits or driving, it's all available and being constantly mined by advertisers and government offices who sell and legislate around it appropriately.
But data around gun violence? There's almost nothing. And that had been by design - until now.
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