Student Teacher Sent a Private Snapchat Complaining About Her Workday. An Hour Later, Police Pulled Up to Her School.
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Snapchat's AI flagged a private message sent to 3 people and alerted the FBI in under an hour, leading to a student teacher's arrest.

Snapchat’s automated system flagged a private DM to three contacts and triggered an FBI alert in under 60 minutes, ending her teaching career

  • HubertManne@piefed.socialEnglish
    121·
    12 hours ago

    I think the thing here is why are they being contacted about a private message. If anything only those party to it should possibly report it. It stands as it does as a cautionary tale about using any service like this because private conversations should not be looked at in a public announcement kind of way.

    • artyom@piefed.socialEnglish
      110·
      12 hours ago

      I think the thing here is why are they being contacted about a private message

      Because WhatsApp scans messages for when “imminent harm exists”.

      If anything only those party to it should possibly report it

      That’s not how Snapchat works.

      It stands as it does as a cautionary tale about using any service like this

      Absolutely.

      because private conversations should not be looked at in a public announcement kind of way

      It wasn’t a “public announcement”, it was forwarded to law enforcement.

      • HubertManne@piefed.socialEnglish
        111·
        12 hours ago

        yeah by someone who should have never been privy to the convo. I meant that snapchat is treating it like its public discourse.