Facebook wants law enforcement to get off its lawn. Last September, its director and associate general counsel Andrea Kirkpatrick sent a letter to Memphis police chastising the department for violating the social media platform’s policies by engaging in “inauthentic behavior.”

The platform specifically takes issue with the department and other law enforcement agencies creating fake profiles, claiming that the practice violates the trusting and authentic environment the platform is trying to create. The courts, however, haven’t given police much reason to comply.

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