IRS collecting tax payer information from Facebook and Twitter

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Posted: Apr 08, 2013 4:52 AM

"...According to several reports, the agency will also be collecting personal information from sites like Facebook and Twitter

Video report here:

http://www.myfoxdc.com/story/21905788/irs-collecting-tax-payer-information-from-facebook-and-twitter?autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipId=8751120

Attorney Kristen Mathews warns to be careful with what you say on social media platforms.

"There are laws that regulate the government's ability to get a hold of things like credit card transaction history. But those laws have become more permissive in the last several years, particularly after 9-11, and so some might say those laws are no longer in line with the average expectation of privacy," says Mathews...MORE

http://www.myfoxdc.com/story/21905788/irs-collecting-tax-payer-information-from-facebook-and-twitter#axzz2PtCjnUk2

Here is the information that Facebook collected on Austrian Max Schrems after 1 year of membership:

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http://europe-v-facebook.org/EN/Data_Pool/data_pool.html

[warrior1]

1. I stop posting on fb

awhile back. Found out later that I don't miss it at all.

[Kelvin Mace]

2. Well, you are publicly

releasing the information, so I don't really see a problem.

[Shrike47]

3. I am a retired attorney for a govt agency. We routinely checked FB and other social media.

If you were litigating against us, we were snooping into you.