Facebook turned over personal data to help police prosecute a teen for an alleged abortion

[luv2fly]

Facebook turned over personal data to help police prosecute a teen for an alleged abortion
Sarah K. Burris

Motherboard revealed that Facebook turned over data to police so that they could prosecute a teenager for seeking an abortion.

In states around the country, abortion has been banned, but in a few states, legislatures passed bills that allowed vigilantes to track down people who had abortions. What is problematic in this case, is that the incident happened in a state where abortion isn't illegal. However, it happened later in the pregnancy, which is against Nebraska's cut-off date.

At the same time, the abortion wasn't a procedure, it was a pharmaceutical abortion, meaning the teen and her mother legally purchased the medicine for the abortion and used them. Nothing illegal took place, but Facebook turned over the information nonetheless.

"According to court records, Celeste Burgess, 17, and her mother, Jessica Burgess, bought medication called Pregnot designed to end pregnancy," the report explained. "Pregnot is a kit of mifepristone and misoprostol, which is often used to safely end pregnancy in the first trimester. In this case, Burgess was 28 weeks pregnant, which is later in pregnancy than mifepristone and misoprostol are recommended for use. It's also later than Nebraska's 20-week abortion ban (abortion at 28 weeks is legal in about half the country; Nebraska's abortion laws have not changed Roe v. Wade was overturned)."

More at

https://www.rawstory.com/facebook-abortion-information/

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One might wonder if this is enough to get a few more DU Facebook lovers to finally... oh never mind, what a ridiculous thought.

[RKP5637]

1. Facebook is no ones friend!!! It's a surveillance system luring in people with their goodies.

... but those making money off it love it ...

[milestogo]

3. Its the most invasive app ever designed.

And many people here swear by it.

[RKP5637]

5. Absolutely!!!

[luv2fly]

2. A link to the full report on Motherboard

https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7zevd/this-is-the-data-facebook-gave-police-to-prosecute-a-teenager-for-abortion

This Is the Data Facebook Gave Police to Prosecute a Teenager for Abortion

Motherboard has obtained court documents that show Facebook gave police a teenager’s private chats about her abortion. Cops then used those chats to seize her phone and computer.

By Jason Koebler
By Anna Merlan
August 9, 2022, 1:44pm

A 17-year-old girl and her mother have been charged with a series of felonies and misdemeanors after an apparent medication abortion at home in Nebraska. The state’s case relies on evidence from the teenager’s private Facebook messages, obtained directly from Facebook by court order, which show the mother and daughter allegedly bought medication online to induce abortion, and then disposed of the body of the fetus. While the court documents, obtained by Motherboard, allege that the abortion took place before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June, they show in shocking detail how abortion could and will be prosecuted in the United States, and how tech companies will be enlisted by law enforcement to help prosecute their cases.

More at link above

[WA-03 Democrat]

4. "No Way"

"That's Crazy"

Mark Zuckerberg
November 9, 2016
when asked if Facebook helped Russia and Trump win the 2016 election
Then Cambridge Analytic came out
then they reported getting paid in rubles

Please don't leave Facebook!! There is no other way to communicate across the internet!


Delete your account and anyone that you love Facebook account
It will piss off Putin and Fuckerberg!

[msongs]

6. obtained by court order. so facebook should defy the court order? nt

[Miguelito Loveless]

7. Yes, they should

It’s called taking a principled stand.

[msongs]

8. so when the trump crowd violates court orders is that a principled stand too? nt

[Miguelito Loveless]

9. They go to court and it is litigated

If you are wrong, you go to jail, Such is the price of a principled stand.

[Torchlight]

15. So defying a court order has never resulted in common good?

It's not a flaw to realize that measurable differences between two possible choices often exist.

Much as the flawed premise of the question I asked, we both of us presupposed an unverified assumption (aka, The False Dilemma)

[Scrivener7]

10. Shocked, I tell you.

But there is no other way people can possibly communicate with grandchildren. Because, apparently, all grandchildren are mute and illiterate.

[Farmer-Rick]

11. Yeah, and they don't do e-mails or phone calls or text messages

Or snail mail....hehe

But give em Facebook......

[Scrivener7]

12. Don't look now, but they don't actually do facebook either.

[Farmer-Rick]

19. Thanks,

My grandkids actually call and use texts, my joke fell flat.

I don't use Facebook. I find it annoying and requires too much time for maintenance. But they do now and then complain about me not being on Facebook.

[Mad_Machine76]

13. They could go after those too

Just be careful about what you post on Facebook, Twitter, and other social media platforms. I mean, the information does not just magically appear on your page.

[Takket]

14. The problem isn't Facebook complying with a court order.

The problem is the court order.

We need to elect enough Democrats that we can make sure such court orders are illegal.

[SergeStorms]

16. Fuck Zuck....

and his stupid app. 🙄

[FelineOverlord]

17. #DeleteFacebook is the #1 trend on Twitter

Has been for hours. People are so angry at this story.

Scott Perry is second, and "Raid" is #3.

[Meowmee]

18. Wondering how facebook had information

About her abortion? Did she post about it etc?