Gangs, Law Enforcement Active on Twitter, Facebook

Social-networking sites like Twitter and Facebook are becoming important tools for law enforcement in its efforts to control gangs, The Huffington Post reports.

But the flow of incriminating content goes both ways, as gang members have used the sites to exchange information about undercover police officers.

Dean Johnston of the California Bureau of Narcotics Enforcement told HuffPost:

You find out about people you never would have known about before. You build this little tree of people. We are seeing a lot more of it.

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