When the tracker is tracked. Within a note Posted on January 12, Meta (the parent company of Facebook) announced that it was taking legal action against the surveillance company Voyager Labs, which allegedly created tens of thousands of fake Facebook accounts to collect data about users in order to predict Criminal activities.
According to Meta, the company would have, in this way, “violated its terms of service.” In total, Voyager Labs would have created more than 38,000 fake Facebook user accounts. Thanks to its monitoring software, Voyager Labs reportedly collected data from more than 600,000 Facebook users between July and September 2022.
To date, Meta says it has disabled more than 60,000 Facebook and Instagram accounts and pages linked to Voyager Labs. In its complaint, Meta asks that courts bar Voyager Labs from using Facebook, Instagram, and other related services. The parent also demands compensation from Voyager Labs, alleging that the company would have enriched itself thanks to this activity and at Meta’s expense.
Used by LAPD
Voyager Labs claims to be able to predict future criminal activity based on an individual’s online activities. In 2021, the English dailyThe Guardian reported that Voyager Labs sold its services to the Los Angeles Police Department.
However, in 2019, the same police department conducted an internal audit of its programs based on data from Voyager Labs, which revealed that the technology used was inconsistent and racially biased.
Voyager Labs also collected data from sites such as Twitter, YouTube and Telegram, reports the specialized medium. the edge.
Source: BFM TV
