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Facebook gives moderators “full access” to user accounts suspected of terror links

Posted on June 29, 2017June 25, 2025 by Dissent

Zack Whittaker reports:

Facebook has a fleet of low-paid contractors who are tasked with investigating possible connections with terrorism on it site.

The key takeaway: Moderators are granted “full access” to any account once it’s been flagged by the social network’s algorithms, which are looking for details or connections that might suggest a terror link. Moderators can track track a person’s location and read their private messages.

Read more on ZDNet.

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