The Electronic Frontier Foundation today released documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act which discuss law enforcement agencies’ use of social networking sites to gather data in investigations. “One of the most interesting files is a 2009 training course that describes how IRS employees may use various Internet tools—including social networking sites and Google Street View—to investigate taxpayers.” Here’s a related AP item on how feds used a fake Facebook profile to nab a suspect.
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Social networking sites used in police investigations
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17 March 2010