A recent report claims that Facebook has been spying on the private messages of American users and reporting them to the FBI if they express anti-government sentiments or question the 2020 election.
that Facebook has been spying on the private messages and data of American users. The company has reportedly been informing the FBI of users that express anti-government or anti-authority sentiments. Sources within the DOJ allege that the company also reported users that questioned the validity of the 2020 election.
The private messages were shared as “leads” to FBI field offices around the U.S. which then requested subpoenas from the partner U.S. Attorney’s Office in their district to obtain the private conversations they had already been provided with by Facebook. All of the Facebook users red-flagged as possible terrorists were “conservative right-wing individuals,” one source said. “They were gun-toting, red-blooded Americans [who were] angry after the election and shooting off their mouths and talking about staging protests. There was nothing criminal, nothing about violence or massacring or assassinating anyone.”
Erica Sackin, spokesperson for Communications, Dangerous Organizations and Individuals at Facebook , denied the allegations, stating:
Canada Latest News, Canada Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Breaches of voting machine data raise worries for U.S. midtermsThe list of suspected security breaches at local election offices since the 2020 election keeps growing, with investigations underway in at least three states — Colorado, Georgia and Michigan.
Read more »
PolitiFact - 'Zuckerbucks' for 2022 elections? Republicans say thumbs downGOP governors have banned “Zuckerbucks” – private funding for elections. Officials who work in elections agree it’s better when the government funds elections, but the bans on private funding ignore elections in the U.S. are underfunded. democracyday
Read more »
The media's Patagonia rules: 'Dark money' for your guys, 'philanthropy' for oursIn short, they don’t care about any of these supposedly higher principles. They just want to feel like there’s something to their arguments more substantive than “I disagree with you, so shut up,' writes TPCarney. But there isn't.
Read more »
Kanye West & Gap Have Officially Broken UpKanye West's lawyers sent a letter to Gap on Thursday officially terminating their partnership, which was supposed to bring in stores and sales since launching in 2020.
Read more »