Facebook is a watchdog for law enforcement

 

 

 

By Catherine Bonjukian Patten.

 

I have had so many identities on FB that have been DISABLED or ENFORCEABLE REMOVED during the 10 years I have been around the net that I’m dizzy from it and I have sworn off creating any new FB sites or pages ever again if I lose my last and current site.

Facebook has new NAME RULES and what I mean by that is that if you don’t have a ‘REAL NAME’ that FB can identify as a ‘REAL PERSON’ then they will go after you and they will remove your site from their site.

As it is, in the last few years, FB has constantly hounded me for information about my schooling, my jobs, and my salaries? I don’t give out that info and I’m not going to start now especially on a site that allows the FBI and other law enforcement agencies lurk waiting for the next criminal to surface.

So 3 years ago we started a site called MC SQUARED with an attached PAGE for a rock band which, at that time was called MC2ERED. We were able to gather over 700 pple on that site, most of them holy rollers and other people we didn’t particularly know or care about AND THEY DID NOT KNOW OR CARE ABOUT US. They plastered their crap all over our site, selling whatever crap they were selling until I went back and took a look and emptied house but again it built up over time but our MUSICAL PAGE remained at a lonely 99 LIKES.

Now the problem with LIKES is that people never look at the PAGES THEY ARE LIKING and the reason is that THEY are too busy promoting their own SITES to really look and like someone else’s. Now there is a GROUP on FACEBOOK called LIKE FOR LIKES? Seriously, no one cares to really read anything anymore or listen. I often found myself asking people to “PLEASE “LIKE” OUR PAGE AND “LISTEN TO OUR MATERIAL”.  That feel upon deaf ears and finally I gave up when Muslims promoting ISLAM started to LIKE our music page. We are not about religion and refuse to endorse anyone’s religion especially Islam which we both think is extremely volatile and harbors extreme hatred for humankind.

So when MC Squared NYC changed our name to COGNITIVE FUNGUS; Facebook had a rupture and told us the next time we signed into that account that we needed to change the name of our site (which is attached to the band page) to a REAL PERSON’S NAME.  I tried my own. That didn’t work. I tried everyone’s – no go. Then I tried my dead father in law’s name and BOOM!

All of a sudden we were BILL PATTEN & then my crazy sister in law got annoyed and asked us to take that down because her father had died on 2/28 and she didn’t want his name on FB? Don’t ask – she’s a nutball to begin with but Facebook took care of that for her.

Because we changed the name and the birth date – the next time we signed in we saw this:

Account Disabled

Your account was removed from Facebook because we found it’s pretending to be someone else. Learn more about our policies and how to tell us if you think we made a mistake.

Normally I would have gotten angry but like I said I couldn’t care less at this point because I genuinely hate FB and nothing we ever did to promote ourselves on FB ever brought us any kind of added attention. But the idea that FB could just take off our site is and was disturbing. Not only to us but to others who have had this happen to them.

So when I wanted to dispute this with FB this is what we saw although I strongly feel that someone reported us for not having our own name up there. If you haven’t figured it out already; people don’t treat me with the warm and fuzzies on FB and I have been in trouble in the past with the company because I am outspoken and have a keen sense of my FREEDOMS.

Why was my profile removed?

Your profile has been removed for pretending to be someone else on Facebook.

Facebook is a place where people connect with each other using their authentic identities. Profiles that don’t follow these standards and those found in the Facebook Terms may be removed from Facebook. This may include:

  • Pretending or claiming to be someone else
  • Bullying another individual by imitating them
  • Falsely representing an individual

 

Why was my account disabled?

Your account was disabled for violating the Facebook Terms.

Our Policies

  • Your account must list your authentic name.
  • Personal accounts must represent individual people only. It’s a violation of our policies to use a personal profile to represent anything other than yourself (ex: celebrities, pets, ideas, objects, etc.).
  • Impersonating anyone or anything is not allowed.
  • Maintaining multiple accounts is a violation of our policies.
  • Accounts created for the purpose of spamming or harassing others are strictly prohibited.

So we tried to write to FB but this is what they asked us to do to get back our site:

Disabled Account Appeal – ID Request

In order to reactivate your account we need to verify your identity.
Do you have a valid, government-issued photo ID (ex: passport, drivers license)?
 
Full name
As it’s listed on your ID

 

 
Date of birth

Year:201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998199719961995199419931992199119901989198819871986198519841983198219811980197919781977197619751974197319721971197019691968196719661965196419631962196119601959195819571956195519541953195219511950194919481947194619451944194319421941194019391938193719361935193419331932193119301929192819271926192519241923192219211920191919181917191619151914191319121911191019091908190719061905

 
 
 

Please provide a copy of of your government-issued, photo ID. This ID must:
  • Be government-issued (ex: passport, driver’s license)
  • Clearly show your name, picture and birthday
  • Be in color
Cover up any personal information we don’t need to verify your identity (ex: address, license number). Learn more about why we require a copy of your ID and what types of ID we’ll accept.
 
Your ID(s)
Saved as JPEGs, if possible
 

 

We couldn’t believe our eyes! Did Facebook actually think I was going to gladly upload my information without blinking? The idea is outrageous. There is no one to speak to at Facebook and the people making these demands are not people. They are an alga-rhythm, faceless, nameless, ageless machines programmed by 20 year old disasters who have no idea how to interact with real people.
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Consumer Complaints & Reviews

Nevada of Los Angeles, CA on Jan. 30, 2015

Facebook has blocked my profile because my name violates their naming standards. My name is Nevada **. My father named me “Nevada” after the western movie “Nevada Smith.” My driver’s license and passport photo ID(s) both prove and confirm my ID, not to mention my job’s website which has my name listed publicly and job title. I have submitted proof of my identity 3 times now and no one has responded to me yet from Facebook… AND there’s not way to get in touch with a human customer service representative apparently.

#2

Since when did Facebook decide it wants to become a financial institution as well as social media? After Facebook used my PayPal Account without my password nor my consent, I did some research and found a document written by Facebook informing FB users that all or any financial information can be used by Facebook as a payer to any App or game connected to Facebook. Therefore, they can violate PayPal’s own privacy rules, rendering the use of a password as superfluous and unnecessary without our prior consent or even knowledge. This is extremely frightening.

What’s next? Facebook can go into our online banking accounts and use our funds as they wish? Facebook used my PayPal Account to pay false and excessive charges made by an online game connected to Facebook. I was flabbergasted when I saw the charge after charge of phony purchases paid by Facebook to this online game when I had never used PayPal on Facebook. How did they get my password? Why didn’t they ask for my confirmation? I found an email with the charges written down. But nowhere did FB ask me to confirm, only dispute it According to their form no refunds are given. I am disputing all charges and worried that Facebook has gone too far. Why does PayPal allow this? My faith in online finances is completely gone after this.

#3

Grace and peace! I have been a person on Facebook.com for several years. My first time, it was great to find others on Facebook that I went to school with in the past. But as of 2014, I decided to find my all late grandfather’s family because I needed the family information to write my first book. I also used it to post, and play games on as well. I realized my accounts were being hacked every other minute. I was changing my pass code every time I signed in. On top of that I began to get malware viruses from God knows where! And on top of that, my focus with my certain friends was to encourage those that are broken, addicted to any drug and give them a sense of pride to let them know that it will get better.

Well it started with the viruses. Then my post began to disappear. And then days later reappear. My post was erased from God knows where also. Then my friends were made to follow me even if I request them myself. So I checked my privacy settings and security settings. On the site it stated that my notifications, messages and etc. was in tact. I found out that this was not true. By deactivating my account. And started a new account with my carrier 3 times! One account I played apps on and other I had friends on. And third one I refuse to give Facebook any true information.

I found out that all viruses and website functions not only come from outside servers like hackers, and virus spreaders. But I found out that Facebook first of all reads your messages, posts, comments, status, and they are strong on your personal information. When they can’t find your information they push you to complete your profile. Yet if strictly formatted, you receive friend requests from people you didn’t know. I can go on and on about this site.

It’s disgusting for a website to get away all these things when all you are trying to do is keep in touch with love ones. This whole company should seriously be investigated or a least secure their network each and every time a consumer signs in. Especially with code words or numbers. And when this is done the network should be held responsible for each and every one of their members on their site. They even got Third Party Game Apps stealing your information, which I think they are doing that also. I don’t and will never trust this website/network again because all of the activity is an inside job. Thank you for letting me share! God Bless! 🙂

 No matter what, Facebook never accepts my password, whether it’s a ten second window or a ten hour window. What is their problem.? I get very miffed having to go through the motions time and time again, and I do write it down so I do not make a mistake. I am about ready to stop dealing with Facebook altogether!

AND THE LIST GOES ON AND ON – FACEBOOK COMPLAINTS & REVIEWS-CONSUMER AFFAIRS

On another site I was attacked by some people who claimed they were my “old friends from 30 years ago”. I had met them maybe 5 times my entire life. They felt they knew me and they were defending me to some of the people I DID KNOW 30 years ago who now hate me since I came out as gay. They all knew me to be a serial dater and had many boyfriends. The truth is I had a few boyfriends; only 1 I fell in love with but that didn’t work out and I believe I would have married that guy and left all these losers behind but in the end I left them behind anyway. Well there is no hint of PORN on any of my FB sites  yet I was accused of PORN and I was prohibited from posting or writing to anyone for 1 month. Really? What am I two years old? I never had porn on my site and I believe that the 3 people I had an argument with reported PORN to Facebook as a means to get even with me.

So really Facebook is acting as a shill to the Federal Government and to local and national law enforcement for money.

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Information for Law Enforcement Authorities

These operational guidelines are for law enforcement officials seeking records from Facebook. For private party requests, including requests from civil litigants and criminal defendants, visit: facebook.com/help/?page=1057. Users seeking information on their own accounts can access Facebook’s “Download Your Information” feature from their account settings. See facebook.com/help/?page=18830. This information may change at any time.

These guidelines can also be downloaded in their original English as a PDF.

US Legal Process Requirements

We disclose account records solely in accordance with our terms of service and applicable law, including the federal Stored Communications Act (“SCA”), 18 U.S.C. Sections 2701-2712. Under US law:

  • A valid subpoena issued in connection with an official criminal investigation is required to compel the disclosure of basic subscriber records (defined in 18 U.S.C. Section 2703(c)(2)), which may include: name, length of service, credit card information, email address(es), and a recent login/logout IP address(es), if available.
  • A court order issued under 18 U.S.C. Section 2703(d) is required to compel the disclosure of certain records or other information pertaining to the account, not including contents of communications, which may include message headers and IP addresses, in addition to the basic subscriber records identified above.
  • A search warrant issued under the procedures described in the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure or equivalent state warrant procedures upon a showing of probable cause is required to compel the disclosure of the stored contents of any account, which may include messages, photos, videos, wall posts, and location information.
  • We interpret the national security letter provision as applied to Facebook to require the production of only 2 categories of information: name and length of service.

 

International Legal Process Requirements

We disclose account records solely in accordance with our terms of service and applicable law. A Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty request or letter rogatory may be required to compel the disclosure of the contents of an account. Further information can be found here:facebook.com/about/privacy/other.

Account Preservation

We will take steps to preserve account records in connection with official criminal investigations for 90 days pending our receipt of formal legal process. You may expeditiously submit formal preservation requests through the Law Enforcement Online Request System atfacebook.com/records, or by email, or mail as indicated below.

Emergency Requests

In responding to a matter involving imminent harm to a child or risk of death or serious physical injury to any person and requiring disclosure of information without delay, a law enforcement official may submit a request through the Law Enforcement Online Request System at facebook.com/records. Important note: We will not review or respond to messages sent to this email address by non-law enforcement officials. Users aware of an emergency situation should immediately and directly contact local law enforcement officials.

Child Safety Matters

We report all apparent instances of child exploitation appearing on our site from anywhere in the world to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), including content drawn to our attention by government requests. NCMEC coordinates with the International Center for Missing and Exploited Children and law enforcement authorities from around the world. If a request relates to a child exploitation or safety matter, please specify those circumstances (and include relevant NCMEC report identifiers) in the request to ensure that we are able to address these matters expeditiously and effectively.

Data Retention and Availability

We will search for and disclose data that is specified with particularity in an appropriate form of legal process and which we are reasonably able to locate and retrieve. We do not retain data for law enforcement purposes unless we receive a valid preservation request before a user has deleted that content from our service.

Details about data and account deletion can be found in our Data Use Policy(facebook.com/policy.php), Statement of Rights and Responsibilities(facebook.com/terms.php), and Help Center (facebook.com/help/?faq=224562897555674).

Form of Requests

We will be unable to process overly broad or vague requests. All requests must identify requested records with particularity and include the following:

  • The name of the issuing authority, badge/ID number of responsible agent, email address from a law-enforcement domain, and direct contact phone number.
  • The email address, user ID number (http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1000000XXXXXXXX) or username (http://www.facebook.com/username) of the Facebook profile.

 

User Consent

If a law enforcement official is seeking information about a Facebook user who has provided consent for the official to access or obtain the user’s account information, the user should be directed to obtain that information on their own from their account. For account content, such as messages, photos, videos and wall posts, users can access Facebook’s “Download Your Information” feature from their account settings. See facebook.com/help/?page=18830. Users can also view recent IP addresses in their Account Settings under Security Settings/Active Sessions. Users do not have access to historical IP information without legal process.

Notification

Our policy is to notify people who use our service of requests for their information prior to disclosure unless we are prohibited by law from doing so or in exceptional circumstances, such as child exploitation cases, emergencies or when notice would be counterproductive. Law enforcement officials who believe that notification would jeopardize an investigation should obtain an appropriate court order or other appropriate process establishing that notice is prohibited. If your data request draws attention to an ongoing violation of our terms of use, we will take action to prevent further abuse, including actions that may notify the user that we are aware of their misconduct.

Testimony

Facebook does not provide expert testimony support. In addition, Facebook records are self-authenticating pursuant to law and should not require the testimony of a records custodian. If a special form of certification is required, please attach it to your records request.

Cost Reimbursement

We may seek reimbursement for costs in responding to requests for information as provided by law. These fees apply on a per account basis. We may also charge additional fees for costs incurred in responding to unusual or burdensome requests.

We may waive these fees in matters investigating potential harm to children, Facebook and our users, and emergency requests.

Submission of Requests

Online

Law enforcement officials may use the Law Enforcement Online Request System atfacebook.com/records for the submission, tracking and processing of requests.

Please note that a government-issued email address is required to access the Law Enforcement Online Request System. You may also submit requests by email as indicated below.

Mail

United States Mail Address: 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park CA 94025
Ireland Mail Address: Facebook Ireland Ltd | 4 Grand Canal Square | Dublin 2

Attention: Facebook Security, Law Enforcement Response Team

Law enforcement officials who do not submit requests through the Law Enforcement Online Request System at facebook.com/records should expect longer response times.

Notes

  • Acceptance of legal process by any of these means is for convenience and does not waive any objections, including lack of jurisdiction or proper service.
  • We will not respond to correspondence sent by non-law enforcement officials to the addresses above.

FACEBOOK’S CEO, MARK ZUCKERBERG IS ON A FIRST NAME, SPEED DIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH POTUS OBAMA. FACEBOOK HAS GONE FROM BEING THAT APP THAT CONNECTS FAMILIES

TO THAT APP THAT IS THE WATCHDOG FOR CRIMINALS AND THEY WANT YOUR INFORMATION. 

DO  NOT GIVE IT TO THEM!

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