So this caught my interest: (Stephen Green at Instapundit )
BUT CAN FACEBOOK LISTEN TO FACEBOOK MESSENGER CALLS? FBI: We can’t listen to Facebook Messenger voice calls. Judge: Tough luck. “While traditional telecom companies must give access to police under a 1990s-era law known as CALEA, Internet-based calls are exempt, despite the government’s previous efforts to change the law. Prosecutors seemingly argued that nevertheless, Facebook had to comply with the government’s request.”
full article at ArsTechnica
According to a Friday report by Reuters, despite already having substantive traditional wiretaps and intercepting Messenger texts between alleged MS-13 gangsters, the government wanted further access.
"Currently, there is no practical method available by which law enforcement can monitor these calls," FBI Special Agent Ryan Yetter wrote in a nearly-100-page-long affidavit submitted to the court on August 30, 2018. The three participants in those calls are now in jail, according to Reuters. The court proceeding, decision, and docket that deal with the wiretap request remain sealed. According to Reuters, Facebook has the capability to wiretap Messenger calls "with some effort," but it's unable to do so for WhatsApp calls. The government now seems to have dropped its request.
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