Meta, the company previously known as Facebook, may not have the best track record when it comes to preserving its users’ privacy, but it nonetheless wants to make damn sure other companies aren’t spying on its community without its approval.This week, the tech giant filed a lawsuit against United Kingdom-registered scrapping and surveillance firm Voyager Labs, alleging the company created fake, unauthorized accounts and used them to collect data from Facebook and Instagram, as well as Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, and Telegram.In its newest complaint, Meta claims Voyager created more than 38,000 fake accounts and used those to scrape 600,000 Facebook users’ “viewable profile information.” That profile data potentially implicates posts, likes, friends lists, photos, and comments and certain data pulled from Facebook Groups and Pages.A 2021 report from The Guardian revealed the Los Angeles Police Department used a free trial of Voyager’s software back in 2019.Those methods, which fall under the umbrella of so-called “predictive policing,” have drawn scrutiny from privacy advocates and lawmakers in recent years over concerns that the tech perpetuates bias and discriminatory practices in policing."