FireAnt, a tool for extracting, visualising and exporting social media data, is making headlines! The tool, developed by Claire Hardaker and Laurence Anthony at CASS, has been noted by the Daily Mail for it’s abilities to “hunt down terrorists and trolls”. We’re delighted that FireAnt is being recognised for its capabilities in social media data analysis, and that this is being illustrated to the public in mainstream news.

You can read the article here.

You can read more about FireAnt and it’s development here and here.