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| Facebook Overhauls Its Inmate Account Takedown Process |
| By eff.org- Dave Maass |
| Published: 06/05/2015 |
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Since at least 2011, U.S. prisons have had a special arrangement with Facebook. Prison officials would send links to profiles belonging to inmates that they wanted Facebook to take down. Facebook would then suspend the profiles, often no questions asked, even when it wasn’t clear if any law or Facebook policy was being violated. Over the last year, we have reported on numerous inmates being punished with solitary confinement, some receiving decades-long punishments, simply for posting to Facebook or even just having their families manage their Facebook accounts for them. Meanwhile, records obtained by EFF showed that Facebook had secretly censored hundreds, perhaps even thousands, of inmate accounts. In the wake of the scandal, prisons are now learning that Facebook has changed its practices and is being far more discerning when it comes to suspending inmate profiles. Read More. |
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