Facebook Spies On Chats For Suspicious Behavior

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Facebook employees alerted to “improper communication”

Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet.com
Friday, July 13, 2012

Citing the need to watch for potential sex offenders, Facebook is using software that tracks private conversations for suspicious behavior and keywords before alerting Facebook employees who then decide whether to pass the information on to police.

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The revelation was divulged during a Reuters interview with the social networking giant’s Chief Security Officer Joe Sullivan.

Despite the article acknowledging the fact that Internet-related sex crimes against children are on the decrease, the story cites a barrage of cases where children have been groomed online before revealing that Facebook “users could be unnerved about the extent to which their conversations are reviewed, at least by computer programs.”

The software used by Facebook to monitor conversations works by searching “for improper communication” and analyzing “patterns of behavior.”

Words or phrases considered vulgar or an attempt to exchange personal information are red flagged and brought to the attention of Facebook employees, who then decide whether the content is worthy of being brought to the attention of law enforcement.

Too many messages sent without response also sets off an alarm that characterizes the content as suspicious.

The article does not divulge whether or not archives of chat records are stored and for what length of time, but adds that similar software is used by other social networking websites.

On its website, Facebook acknowledges that it shares information about users even in the absence of a court order or other legal request.

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“We may also share information when we have a good faith belief it is necessary to prevent fraud or other illegal activity, to prevent imminent bodily harm, or to protect ourselves and you from people violating our Statement of Rights and Responsibilities. This may include sharing information with other companies, lawyers, courts or other government entities.”

Facebook has been caught in a number of privacy controversies in recent years.

Back in February, the company angrily denied a report by the Sunday Times which claimed Facebook was secretly reading texts sent by users of its Android app.

The U.S. government is actively involved in soliciting information from Facebook. Last month, the State Department issued a procurement request seeking tools that can provide “deep analysis of topics, conversations, networks, and influencers of the global social web.”

Privacy advocates like Wikileaks’ Julian Assange have repeatedly warned that social networks like Facebook and Twitter are little more than huge spying databases used by intelligence agencies to glean personal information.

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Paul Joseph Watson is the editor and writer for Prison Planet.com. He is the author of Order Out Of Chaos. Watson is also a regular fill-in host for The Alex Jones Show and Infowars Nightly News.

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8 Responses to “Facebook Spies On Chats For Suspicious Behavior”

  1. Facebook users = retards

  2. Farcebook blows. The sheeple love it so.

    my2cents Reply:
    July 13th, 2012 at 10:02 am

    Just keeping up with the Facebookers.

  3. Facebook is more apropos to be called Faceboot, after the famous line in 1984 where Winston Smith is told by his torturer, “Imagine a boot stomping on a human face forever.”

  4. facebook employees = CIA-NSA-DHS goons,
    whether they are aware of it or not.

  5. Just look at the ‘founders’ of Facebook. Observe what their religion/race is, now clue up as to who is doing all this damage throughout the world today. The connection runs DEEP, especially within Google. Do a quick search into who owns Google, they all have strong ties to Israel.

    I deleted my account the very minute I laid eyes on Mr Zuckerberg. Just look at the freaking guy. Oh, and Facebook scans convos and posts for the very exact/phrases words that Prison Planet does…

  6. they might as well stand on a streetcorner with a megaphone when using facebook. the only privacy one has is what you keep to yourself!

    LiveFromMomsBasementAgain Reply:
    July 13th, 2012 at 8:59 am

    Jim Zinc, have you seen the articles on here the last few days about all this new technology that can even read your thoughts? Good articles, and all 100% real.

    Not even keeping to yourself is good enough anymore. All this heightened security to look for potential terrorists is going to have to be justified by a false flag very soon. I just post as many places as I can about the real possibility of another false flag/set up. Maybe others will spread the word and these internet spies will know that we are aware of what they’re doing.

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