By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
The DEA’s decision to set up a fake account on Facebook by stealing a woman’s identity was a “knowing and serious breach” of the social networks’ terms and policies, the company wrote in a letter to the DEA.
Gizmodo reports that Facebook will enforce its policy of users creating accounts under proper names.
Facebook “has long made clear that law enforcement agencies are subject to these policies.”
Despite that policy, the FBI created a fake account using the stolen identity of Sondra Arquiett, who had been arrested on suspicion of being in a drug ring. The idea was to catch others in the ring by using the account.
