{"id":1036677,"date":"2021-11-20T13:43:39","date_gmt":"2021-11-20T18:43:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1036677"},"modified":"2021-11-20T13:43:42","modified_gmt":"2021-11-20T18:43:42","slug":"facebook-warns-lapd-to-stop-using-fake-accounts-to-spy-on-suspects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/facebook-warns-lapd-to-stop-using-fake-accounts-to-spy-on-suspects\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook Warns LAPD to Stop Using Fake Accounts to Spy on Suspects"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffacebook-warns-lapd-to-stop-using-fake-accounts-to-spy-on-suspects%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1036677&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Facebook has reportedly contacted the Los Angeles Police Department demanding that they stop setting up fake profiles to spy on suspects.<\/p>\n<p>BBC News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/business-59341750\">reports<\/a>&nbsp;that Facebook (now known as Meta) has formally contacted the LAPD to request that the police department stop using fake profiles on Facebook\u2019s platform to surveil its users. It was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2021\/nov\/17\/los-angeles-police-surveillance-social-media-voyager\">recently revealed<\/a> that the U.S. police department had been working with a tech firm that analyzes Facebook user profiles in an effort to solve crimes.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_18698850\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"36\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/file-apr20-lapd-officers-standing-ca-masks-getty.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18698850\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/file-apr20-lapd-officers-standing-ca-masks-getty.jpg\" alt=\"Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers wear facial covering while monitoring an &quot;Open California&quot; rally in downtown Los Angeles, on April 22, 2020. - Over the past week there have been scattered protests in several US states against confinement measures, from New Hampshire, Maryland and Pennsylvania to Texas and California. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN \/ AFP) (Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN\/AFP via Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers wear facial covering while monitoring an \u201cOpen California\u201d rally in downtown Los Angeles, on April 22, 2020.&nbsp; (Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_16456220\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"36\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GettyImages-1179896960.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16456220\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GettyImages-1179896960.png\" alt=\"Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg arrives for the 8th annual Breakthrough Prize awards ceremony at NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California on November 3, 2019. (Photo by JOSH EDELSON \/ AFP) (Photo by JOSH EDELSON\/AFP via Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg arrives for the 8th annual Breakthrough Prize awards ceremony at NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California on November 3, 2019. (Photo by JOSH EDELSON\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Facebook has taken a harsh stance against fake accounts on the platform, stating that it intends to&nbsp;\u201ccreate a safe environment where people can trust and hold one another accountable.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Facebook\u2019s vice president and deputy general counsel for civil rights Roy Austin stated&nbsp;<a class=\"ssrcss-9nsdc6-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" href=\"https:\/\/about.fb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/LAPD-Letter.pdf\">in a letter:<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"16\">\n<p>Not only do LAPD instructional documents use Facebook as an explicit example in advising officers to set up fake social media accounts, but documents also indicate that LAPD policies simply allow officers to create fake accounts for \u2018online investigative activity\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>While the legitimacy of such policies may be up to the LAPD, officers must abide by Facebook\u2019s policies when creating accounts on our services. The Police Department should cease all activities on Facebook that involve the use of fake accounts, impersonation of others, and collection of data for surveillance purposes.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to documents obtained by the&nbsp;Brennan Center of Justice via public record requests, in 2019 the LAPD used Voyager Labs\u2019 social media surveillance software to monitor suspects and collect data from their accounts and those of their friends.<\/p>\n<p>The LAPD said that the software was useful in investigating the activities of street gangs that often communicate online and was crucial in helping its robbery and homicide division collect evidence.<\/p>\n<p>Read more at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/business-59341750\">BBC News here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><i>Lucas Nolan is a reporter for Breitbart News covering issues of free speech and online censorship. Follow him on Twitter&nbsp;<\/i><i><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lucasnolan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@LucasNolan<\/a>&nbsp;<\/i><i>or contact via secure email at the address&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#670b1204061409080b0609271715081308090a060e0b4904080a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\"><span class=\"__cf_email__\" data-cfemail=\"234f564042504d4c4f424d6353514c574c4d4e424a4f0d404c4e\">[email&nbsp;protected]<\/span><\/a><\/i><i><\/i><\/strong><i><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Facebook has reportedly contacted the Los Angeles Police Department demanding that they stop setting up fake profiles to spy on suspects. 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