Whatever you do, don’t bring up that time he killed a goat with a laser gun.
Via CNBC, Facebook apparently keeps a list of people their security team is supposed to look out for. This list includes both former employees as well as users who have threatened the company. Which is, by and large, reasonable enough; there is no end to the sorts of obsessive loonies out there that mean harm. Since this is Facebook, though, they also track the IP and location data of these users.
Their security teams only track credible threats; people that indicate a time or day, or threats from people that have attended a shareholder meeting. These sorts of people get added to Facebook’s “be on lookout” (or, BOLO) list, which was created back in 2008. Facebook notifies its security team whenever the list is updated; such notifications include names, photos of the person in question, a rough location, and the details as to why they made it on the list.
Some have a spot on the list for showing up to offices repeatedly, or for sending threats via email. Others, however, earned their spots by saying things like ‘F— you, Mark,’ ‘F— Facebook’ or ‘I’m gonna go kick your a–,’ in the comments sections of posts from Mark Zuckerberg or COO Sheryl Sandberg. As to whether or not someone gets added to the list is apparently decided on a case-by-case basis.
As a Facebook spokesperson told CNBC:
Our physical security team exists to keep Facebook employees safe. They use industry-standard measures to assess and address credible threats of violence against our employees and our company, and refer these threats to law enforcement when necessary. We have strict processes designed to protect people’s privacy and adhere to all data privacy laws and Facebook’s terms of service. Any suggestion our onsite physical security team has overstepped is absolutely false.
Source: Engadget
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