Facebook tells DEA to stop creating fake profiles for stings
Facebook's chief security officer told the Drug Enforcement Agency in a letter Friday that any creation of fake user profiles as a part of sting operations amounted to a violation of the social media network's terms of use and must stop.
The letter was prompted by a lawsuit against the DEA in which a woman alleged that agents had used photos obtained from her cellphone after a drug arrest to create a phony Facebook account.
"Facebook has long made clear that law enforcement authorities are subject to these policies," Facebook security chief Frank Sullivan said in a letter Friday to DEA Administrator Michele Leonhart, according to the Associated Press.
Sullivan added: "We regard DEA's conduct to be a knowing and serious breach of Facebook's terms and policies."
Facebook's official policy prohibits: "Claiming to be another person, creating a false presence for an organization, or creating multiple accounts."
Facebook's chief security officer told the Drug Enforcement Agency in a letter Friday that any creation of fake user profiles as a part of sting operations amounted to a violation of the social media network's terms of use and must stop.
The letter was prompted by a lawsuit against the DEA in which a woman alleged that agents had used photos obtained from her cellphone after a drug arrest to create a phony Facebook account.
"Facebook has long made clear that law enforcement authorities are subject to these policies," Facebook security chief Frank Sullivan said in a letter Friday to DEA Administrator Michele Leonhart, according to the Associated Press.
Sullivan added: "We regard DEA's conduct to be a knowing and serious breach of Facebook's terms and policies."
Facebook's official policy prohibits: "Claiming to be another person, creating a false presence for an organization, or creating multiple accounts."
