- Suspicious exchanges flagged by Facebook security
- Information passed on to other countries
- Smart software used to detect activity
FACEBOOK users are being monitored for any suspected criminal
activity, with the social media site alerting police to suspicious
behaviour.
Using "smart" software, Facebook looks for certain phrases, exchanges of personal information and vulgar language.
If
it comes across a suspicious exchange it flags it with Facebook’s
security personnel who then assess it and decide whether to contact
police.
The monitoring system came to light in a Reuters interview with Facebook’s Chief Security Officer Joe Sullivan.
Most
of the scanned chats are not seen by Facebook employees, helping
deflect criticism over breaching privacy. But it’s not known if the
chats are deleted or stored permanently.
“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”, Facebook said.
Facebook said it works with police "where appropriate and to the
extent required by law to ensure the safety of the people who use
Facebook".
"We may disclose information pursuant to subpoenas,
court orders, or other requests (including criminal and civil matters)
if we have a good faith belief that the response is required by law."
The
social media site said this includes requests from outside of the US as
well as sharing information with "other companies, lawyers, courts or
other government entities".
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