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Judge Lets Law Enforcement Fight Crime With "Fake" Instagram Accounts

Law enforcement can employ fake Instagram accounts to befriend and build cases against suspected criminals, a federal judge in New Jersey has decided. “No search warrant is required for the consensual sharing of this type of information,” United States District Judge William Martini writes in a new opinion. As Ars Technica reports, the decision stems from a criminal case involving a man accused of pulling off a series of burglaries in and around New Jersey.
 

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