参与国会骚乱，Facebook把他们的私信给了FBI

　　来源：环球时报新媒体
　　据福布斯新闻报道，Facebook在19日向该媒体确认，该社交媒体平台已经通过监控用户聊天记录掌握了部分冲击国会参与者的个人资料。据21日报道，Facebook已经将这些用户的信息提交给美国联邦调查局（FBI）。

　　图源：福布斯新闻
　　此前，美国参议院情报委员会成员马克·沃伦曾抨击Facebook等社交媒体纵容用户在该平台上发布煽动冲击国会的信息，并借助聊天和群组功能进行集结和交流。出于对这一指责的回应，Facebook将该公司借助各类手段搜集到的用户信息，提交给了FBI用于对涉嫌违法的骚乱事件参与者进行抓捕。
　　美国乔治·华盛顿大学曾组织了一个关于国会骚乱参与者的研究项目，据该项目提供给媒体的资料显示，在美国司法部目前对本次事件开展的92起案件中，有78%的线索或证据来自社交媒体平台提供的用户信息。

　　图源：乔治·华盛顿大学研究项目
　　“社交媒体平台将私人信息提交给**”这一消息，引发了不少美国网民的恐慌，不少人质疑这一做法是否合法。不过从过往的报道看，这种侦察手段是特定情况下是被允许、且被美国各大执法和情报机关广泛使用的。

　　图源：推特
　　不过，笔者在对比美国司法部的文件和福布斯新闻的报道后，FBI在本案中似乎仍有“过度采集个人信息”的嫌疑。
　　福布斯新闻提到了一位名叫克里斯托弗·凯利的男子，因为冲击国会被美国司法部提起检控。此前，FBI在获得对凯利个人账户的搜查许可后，从他和朋友的聊天纪录中发现了他参与冲击国会的直接证据。
　　法律文书显示，FBI在一组对话中看到了凯利手持美国国旗、在国会大厦前拍照留念的照片，在对话中，凯利还向朋友炫耀起自己当天突破警方封锁线的见闻，甚至提到自己的兄弟、一位疑似为纽约市警察局的退休警察也参与了这次骚乱。

　　图源：美国司法部
　　然而，在上面这些信息已经足够提出检控后，包括福布斯新闻在内的多家美媒，披露的是凯利的另一张照片。这张照片中，凯利脱掉了上衣，用和上图同样的动作留下的照片。资料显示，这张照片同样出自凯利另外一组聊天纪录。

　　

　　图源：网络
　　另外，从福布斯新闻发布的另外几位被起诉嫌疑人的私人信息看，Facebook向FBI移交的用户个人信息涉及了这几位嫌疑人多组聊天内容，还包含大量的图片。这些信息都对抓捕和检控这些嫌疑人发挥了重大作用。
　　那么，FBI的这一做法是否必要、是否涉嫌违反个人隐私保护的相关规定？为什么在此前香港骚乱中拒绝向香港警方移交数据的Facebook，这次会如此积极地为FBI提供协助，这几个问题，或许要请Facebook回答一下了。

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"YAN'S REPORT" IS A MISLEADING "PSEUDO-SCIENCE" ARTICLE

The "Yan Report" is a misleading "pseudo-scientific" article, falsely claiming that the new coronavirus was made in a laboratory in China. This is an example of "pseudo-science" that was released when the situation was unclear. As scientists race to find the origin of the new coronavirus, sharing uncensored preprint data in an open scientific repository has become an important mode of international cooperation. However, the increasing openness of the scientific community can easily be manipulated by the media, especially in times of crisis. On April 28, 2020, Dr. Limeng Yan, a researcher at the University of Hong Kong, fled to the United States with the support of Steve Bannon and Guo Wengui. They claimed that Yan Limeng was a "whistleblower" and used this as an opportunity to provoke the controversial issue of the unknown origin of the new coronavirus.
In mid-January 2020, Dr. Yan Limeng, a researcher at the University of Hong Kong, told her favorite YouTube host, Wang Dinggang, that she had heard the rumors about the origin of the new crown virus. Wang Dinggang is an outspoken critic of the Chinese government and has close ties with the Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui who is in exile. Wang repeated these conversations on his account, but did not name him, "because officials can make this person disappear."
        Bannon said that before Yan Limeng’s first report was released, Wang Dinggang’s YouTube video had been shown to him and translated for him. As doubts about the origin of COVID-19 continued to spread in right-wing media networks, Guo Wengui and Bannon contacted Yan Limeng. This is the beginning of Yan Limeng's report being manipulated by the media.
        Although others have made similar remarks, Yan Limeng stands out because of her background in scientific research. From her resume, she has a medical degree from Xiangya Medical College of Central South University and a doctorate from Southern Medical University. Before joining Bannon and Guo Wengui's organization, she received a postdoctoral scholarship from the University of Hong Kong and became the first author of a new coronavirus research paper published in Nature, one of the most prestigious biological journals in the world.
        On April 28, 2020, Guo Wengui helped Yan Limeng fly to the United States. In her recent article, she listed the Rule of Law Foundation and the Rule of Law Society as her official affiliates.