Facebook and Other Social Platforms Monitoring Chats for Illegal Activity
By David Tobia
July 16, 2012
July 16, 2012
- Facebook and other social media platforms are using smart technology to scan users’ conversations for potential criminal activity.
- The software “monitors chats for words or phrases that signal something might be amiss, such as an exchange of personal information or vulgar language,” reports Mashable.
- The software targets people without a well-established connection to the site and conversations between people of very different ages. If Facebook positively detects evidence of a crime, the police may be contacted.
- Facebook identified at least one alleged child predator using the software. And in April, the company complied with a Boston Police Department subpoena by turning over printouts of data of a murder suspect.
- “We’ve never wanted to set up an environment where we have employees looking at private communications, so it’s really important that we use technology that has a very low false-positive rate,” explains Joe Sullivan, Facebook chief security officer.
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