If you want to use our service, you have to use your real name; a message
from Facebook for the DEA. In a letter
sent to the drug enforcement administration on Friday, chief security office
Joe Sullivan chided the agency for allowing one of its officers to lure
criminals with a fake Facebook account created in a suspect's name. "We
regard the DEA's conduct to be a knowing and serious breach of Facebook's terms
and policies," writes Sullivan. He adds that the social network "asks
that the DEA immediately confirm that it has ceased all activities on Facebook
that involve the impersonation of others or that otherwise violate our terms
and policies."
The issue came to the fore earlier this month when Buzzfedd
reported on a case filed in a federal district court. The suspect, 28-year-old
Sondra Arquiett, sued DEA agent Timothy Sinnigen for violating her privacy and
putting her in harm's way. In court filings, the DEA admitted that Sinnigen
used photos obtained from Arquiett's cell phone to create a phony Facebook
account.
A serious breach of Facebook's terms and policies.
