According to a report by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), Facebook has sent a letter to the Memphis Police Department (MPD) asking it to stop creating and using counterfeit accounts, fishing for information about their investigations.
As detailed in the letter from Andrea Kirkpatrick, Facebook's director and general counsel for themeτα ασφαλείας, το MPD κλήθηκε να σταματήσει να δημιουργεί ψεύτικους λογαριασμούς στο Facebook, καθώς πρόκειται για ρητή παραβίαση των όρων παροχής υπηρεσιών και πολιτικών του κοινωνικού δικτύου.
"Facebook has made it clear that law enforcement is also subject to these policies," Kirkpatrick said. "We consider this activity as a violation of Facebook terms and policies and therefore we have disabled the fake accounts we found in our investigation."
Fox13 got a response from MPD saying the faker account under the name Bob Smith was deleted before the Facebook letter was sent to the police.
According to the Electronic Frontier Foundation - Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)"The fact that Facebook's legal department applies the rule even to law enforcement agencies that knowingly violate social networking standards is a good sign as it balances out competition over disputed policies."authentic names".
The EFF presented evidence showing that law enforcement agencies knowing the creation of fake Facebook accounts break their conditions and the social network's policies, however they choose to do so, given that the information collected can be used in court. A common example is illegal online surveillance and information gathering by activists.
