The Canadian Press Posted: Nov 29, 2013 12:35 PM ET Last Updated: Nov 29, 2013 12:35 PM ET
Big Brother is watching you ... on just about every social-media platform you can imagine.
Soon tweets, public Facebook posts and YouTube videos could be subject to scrutiny round-the-clock by the federal government.
Welcome to media monitoring in the 21st century, when simply leafing through a stack of newspapers in the morning is about as antiquated as, well, newspapers.
The federal government is seeking a firm that "continuously monitors social media content on a daily basis in near real time and provide web-based, online media metrics and reporting capabilities."
A contract document specifies that the contractor must provide the service 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year.
Part of the job will be to gauge the sentiment and tone of posts and to determine their reach.
Public Works wasn't immediately available to comment.
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