ACLU: Big tech companies gave “special access” to social media monitoring tool Geofeedia. The tool is being marketed as a tool to monitor protests in Ferguson, Missouri. Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, VK, Google’s Picasa and Youtube were handing over user data access to a Chicago-based startup, the ACLU disclosed Tuesday. The ACLU is encouraging social media companies to adopt clear, public, and transparent policies prohibiting developers from exploiting user data for surveillance purposes. Facebook said it only had access to publically available data, while Twitter said it was suspending access shortly.
Source: https://thehackernews.com/2016/10/social-media-monitoring-tool.html