How Law Enforcement Uses Facebook
Are you curious to know more about how law enforcement agencies use Facebook? If so, then read this post.
Everyone’s on Facebook these days, even the police. But unless you’re involved in suspicious or illegal activity, there’s no need to worry.
The police mainly search publicly posted information. In the U.S. they can only access private accounts with a court order or civil subpoena.
During emergency situations, Facebook may provide a limited amount of information to help law officials. For example, in the case of a kidnapping, Facebook could tell law officials if the kidnapped person’s account had been accessed recently.
Police also use Facebook to increase communication with the local community in order to keep them safe.
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