Facebook tracks location data of users as potential threats Facebook is able to track the user data of individuals who may pose a threat to the company or its executives, reports CNBC, citing several former Facebook employees. The company maintains a log of who Facebook’s security team must be “on the look out for”, a “BOLO” list. The list includes everyone who makes threatening remarks against Facebook’s services or employees. Facebook tracks such people by using their IP addresses or looking through their usage of other services to ascertain a location, which they may later hand over to the police. BOLO contains “hundreds” of names, and enlists situations under which a name can be added to the list. Facebook & YouTube take down animal bloodsports videos from the UK Facebook and YouTube have taken down content promoting illegal bloodsports after the BBC conducted an investigation into the spread of graphic videos and photos showing banned cockfighting and hare coursing in the UK. Facebook removed one user, and said that the content must “respect local laws”. YouTube said that it had removed all material highlighted by the BBC that broke its guidelines. However, the material largely remains online on private and public groups, the BBC said. The BCC investigated YouTube and Facebook users/accounts over several months, including 2 private groups which had 31,000 members altogether. The content included: Images and videos of hare being caught and mauled by dogs, cock-fighting, and people mocking the ban on such activities Underage kids are featured in…
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