The reality is that there is no such thing as online privacy, said one expert. “People should act as if everything they do online is subject to surveillance and publicity.”
USA TODAYOne of the most surprising things about the exposure of a secret U.S. Border Patrol Facebook group where agents posted jokes about migrant deaths and vulgar memes might be that in 2019 anyone thinks that anything online is truly private.
Border patrol officers stand at the beach on the U.S. side of the fence between San Diego and Tijuana, Mexico, Monday, Dec. 24, 2018.She said in a Twitter post Tuesday that the Facebook group and accounts of abuse showed"the agency has lost all control of their own officers.""What else do you call that but a rogue agency," she added.
The truth is that most people don’t really think about the consequences of their online postings “because it doesn’t usually affect your life,” she said.The posts don't necessarily mean that all U.S. Border Patrol agents in the group share the racist and sexist sentiments expressed, researchers who look at online behavior said. They say groups tend to normalize behavior that isn’t necessarily what individual members believe.
It’s even more likely within a group of people who are bonded and exposed to potential danger. “It makes them more protective of one and other,” she said.
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