Kintera and LexisNexis Products Help Target the 'Bad Guys'

October 13, 2005

Products announced by Kintera and LexisNexis today seem designed according to a related theme. Both of these "target the bad guys"�releases appeared�through our TMCnet news feeds:

Friend or Foe: Kintera Launches Features for Quality Online Advocacy Communications; Information-Driven Tool Empowers Activists to Send Timely, Targeted Messages to 'Friends' and 'Foes'

LexisNexis Negative News Search Helps Identify People Or Organizations With Negative Affiliations Such As Criminal Acts, Bankruptcies Or Illicit Behavior; Searches Over 13,000 News Sources For Negative News Content

The Kintera release adds a "Friend or Foe" feature to its Kintera Advocacy product created for political and advocacy groups. It allows the user to identify whether a legislator is a friend or not, based on voting records and other criteria, then direct customized messages based on the decision-maker's stance. Might be fun to see what kinds of messages get directed to the foes.

The LexisNexis release announces a new "Negative News" search feature to its Anti-Money Laundering, Risk Management and RiskWise applications. The release describes the capabilities of the new feature like this:

"Users only need to input the name of a person or business, and Negative News automatically builds a powerful search that identifies articles in which the name of the person or business appears in close proximity to mentions of criminal acts, bankruptcies or illicit behavior. Examples of terms that Negative News looks for in the text of articles include: 'bribe,' 'drug,' 'felony,' 'misconduct,' 'negligence,' and 'theft.'"

Just please don't search on my name for "hitch-hiking arrests Arkansas 1971."

AB -- 10/13/05

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