Το Twitter ακύρωσε την συμφωνία πρόσβασης της υπηρεσίας Geofeedia στα δεδομένα του, καθώς υπήρχαν αναφορές ότι οι πληροφορίες που συλλέγει η company are used for police surveillance.
Τον περασμένο μήνα, η Daily Dot ανέφερε ότι το Αστυνομικό Τμήμα του Denver των ΗΠΑ κατέθεσε 30.000 δολάρια στην startup για να έχει πρόσβαση στο λογισμικό της το οποίο δίνει πληροφορίες μέσα από online shops και κοινωνικά δίκτυα όπως τα Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, και YouTube.
Geofeedia offers location-based search capabilities that law enforcement can use to conduct what is called "geo-fencing" and capture media posts, locating specific areas from comments, videos and images .
According to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Geofeedia has accessed the Instagram API, Facebook (Feed API) and the Twitter database through an agreement.
However these tools were used by Geofeedia to make available data for sale to third parties, or even fourth parties, who knows.
Instagram, Facebook and Twitter have now canceled their contracts with the company, stopping any access to users' public data.
What would happen if the Daily Dot was not revealed? Do you really believe that social media did not know Geofaedia's activities?
