Thanks to the Freedom of Information Act, the Electronic Frontier Foundation has obtained a number of documents that highlight the ways in which law enforcement is harnessing social media to obtain information about U.S. citizens. Topping the list are training guides from the IRS and the Justice Department.
The IRS released information on a training course that uses information from social networks and sites such as Google Street View to gather information on taxpayers. According to the EFF, the IRS "clearly prohibits employees from using deception or fake social networking accounts to obtain information. Its policies generally limit employees to using publicly available information."...
