Los Angeles police in the United States are collecting information about those who have social media accounts.
According to documents Received from the Brennan Justice Center in New York Law School, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) instructs its officers to collect information on social media accounts and email addresses when interviewing detainees.
This is a rather unusual policy, even though the LAPD has been doing it for years. And while the arrested can refuse to give the police the data of their social media account (facebook, twitter etc), many people may not know their rights and feel compelled to provide this information.
It is not clear how much social media account information LAPD officers have collected or what police officers do when detainees refuse to give details.
The news isn't just about America, but a new online future that seems to be on the way. Collecting details of social media accounts, or emails or even mobile phone numbers is one of the growing number of components for monitoring the citizens.
Η συλλογή αυτή υπάρχει ήδη και στην Ελλάδα. Πολλές δημόσιες και ιδιωτικές υπηρεσίες ζητούν μάλλον "επιτακτικά" από τους πολίτες πληροφορίες που κανονικά δεν θα έπρεπε να κατέχουν.
Do you think we are saying too much? Try to register with EYDAP and you will see that they require you to provide them with a mobile phone number, otherwise the application will not proceed. It seems that it is mandatory for every citizen to have a mobile phone.
I still remember the look of a bank manager who asked me for a mobile phone and while I was holding it in my hands, I told her that I don't have a mobile phone at all (after all, the one I was holding was hers work me and not personal). Have you tried to subscribe to the intangible prescription; Be sure to ask for your mobile phone and / or email, otherwise forget the service.
social media, emails, mobile phones they have entered our lives and are starting to become necessary to be able to process your transactions with the public. So don't be surprised if in the new identity there is an email in your data that you manage and why not, your facebook account.