Media Commission Intends to Purchase a System to Monitor News Websites, Social Media, and Rumors

Al-Taj News – The Media Commission announced its desire to purchase, supply, and operate an integrated media monitoring system, characterized by high efficiency and the ability to cover visual, audio, print, and digital media.

The Commission set conditions for the applying companies, most notably that they must have been legally registered for at least 5 years and have practical experience in the field of software solutions and systems, while providing documents proving the successful implementation of similar projects, and committing to submitting a separate technical proposal and financial proposal, in accordance with the approved Government Procurement System.

The required specifications for the system included the ability to cover no fewer than 30 local and regional news websites, in addition to social media platforms, including Facebook, X, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and Snapchat, with the possibility of adding other platforms in the future.

According to the tender document, the Commission stipulated that the system must provide the ability to automatically monitor social media accounts, posts, comments, replies, interactions, video clips, and live broadcasts, in addition to converting visual and audio content and podcasts into searchable text, with support for the Arabic language and Arabic dialects, and identifying the timing of words and their original links.

The Commission also stipulated that the system must provide real-time monitoring and alerts for breaking news and keywords, an advanced search and analysis engine for monitoring rumors and tracking the spread and reposting of news, sentiment analysis and trending topics, and identifying influential accounts.