Facebook (Again) Tells Law Enforcement That Setting Up Fake Accounts Violates Its Terms Of Use
29 November 2021
29 November 2021
Law enforcement agencies routinely engage in surveillance of social media accounts. Some of this is accomplished with third-party tools that use keywords and geofences to give cops info that may be relevant to investigations. These tools also give cops a lot of garbage data that law enforcement is free to sift through for officers' own entertainment or to bypass constitutional protections surrounding speech and warrantless searches. Does it actually help combat crime? The jury (if a court would ever allow one to consider these issues…) is still out on that. But social media surveillance continues under the theory that anything ...
Facebook (Again) Tells Law Enforcement That Setting Up Fake Accounts Violates Its Terms Of Use
Law enforcement agencies routinely engage in surveillance of social media accounts. Some of this is accomplished with third-party tools that use keywords and geofences to give cops info that may be relevant to investigations. These tools also give...
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