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Facebook turns over mother and daughter’s chat history to police resulting in abortion charges (www.theverge.com)

submitted 1 year ago by JRepin@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.ml

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A 17-year-old from Nebraska and her mother are facing criminal charges including performing an illegal abortion and concealing a dead body after police obtained the pair’s private chat history from Facebook, court documents published by Motherboard show.

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[–] 2MnyDcksOnThDncFlr@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I totally agree with your sentiment... However they don't have a choice. They are legally obligated to turn that information over if they are served a warrant. Doing anything less is obstruction at the very least and they could be shut down and put into receivership.

The fault here is with the two individuals trusting a corporation to keep data private and to put the individuals interests ahead of the corporation. Neither is a realistic expectation.

[–] triplenadir@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 1 year ago

they could have made their shitty DM system end-to-end encrypt messages by default, instead of burying that feature[0] in chat settings

or, they could have used their MASSIVE wealth and lobbying power to directly fight the warrant in court (if there even was one, they have a long history of just requiring a form ostensibly signed by any cop to turn over private data)

or they could have just lied and said they couldn't find the data

I don't disagree that people shouldn't trust Facebook but saying "they don't have a choice" is absurd

[0] https://www.facebook.com/help/messenger-app/786613221989782

[–] Baylahoo@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You're exactly right. They are legally required to turn it over when compelled. Let's keep that mess away from the federation. It will only get worse.

[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 1 year ago

Any instance owner operating out of similar jurisdiction is under the same situation.