According to a report in the British newspaper The Guardian, after the revelations last year that the police had gained access to social media to monitor protesters, Facebook - which also owns Instagram - announced yesterday, Monday, that it is moving forward. in the renewal of the specific rules, where it is now forbidden for developers to "use the data obtained from us in order to provide tools that can be used for monitoring".
"At this stage it is very important that companies like Facebook take a stand otherwise they will continue to be used as tools for human rights violations," said Malkia Cyril, director of the Center for Media Justice.
Last year, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) seized government records revealing that Facebook, Instagram and Twitter had provided user data to a software development company that aids police surveillance programs. The ACLU found that social networking sites provided "special access" to Geofeedia, which works with law enforcement to track a large number of users. In response to these revelations, technology companies cut off Geofeedia's access to their services.
"We hope Facebook will encourage other tech companies to refuse to share their data for monitoring purposes," Cyril added.
Source: SigmaLive