Jure RepincJul 9, 2023

Facebook turns over mother and daughter’s chat history to police resulting in abortion charges

https://lemmy.ml/post/1874795

Facebook turns over mother and daughter’s chat history to police resulting in abortion charges - Lemmy

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/1874605 [https://lemmy.ml/post/1874605] > A 17-year-old from Nebraska and her mother are facing criminal charges including performing an illegal abortion and concealing a dead body after police obtained the pair’s private chat history from Facebook, court documents published by Motherboard show.

Show threadtwentyfumbleJul 9, 2023

I don’t particularly like Facebook but…

If a country makes it legal to criminally prosecute girls who seek an abortion, and the same country makes it legal to allow police enforcement to demand tech companies to handover their data, maybe the problem is the country and its laws, not Facebook.

Show threadfrumpyfriesJul 9, 2023
You’re not wrong, but Facebook made no effort to fight the issue and simply handed over data they never should have.
Show threadTerrasque

They never should have? Messenger saves the history on the servers, that’s how that works. How do you think the fireworks would look if users logged in on a new phone or machine and had no chat history?

There are ways it could be stored encrypted, but if that’s a wanted feature they provide WhatsApp

Jul 9, 2023 at 10:41pmWeb