Big Brother is most definitely watching the internet:

The government is increasingly monitoring Facebook, Twitter and other social networking sites for tax delinquents, copyright infringers and political* protesters. A public interest group has filed a lawsuit to learn more about this monitoring, in the hope of starting a national discussion and modifying privacy laws as necessary for the online era.

Law enforcement is not saying a lot about its social surveillance, but examples keep coming to light. The Wall Street Journal reported this summer that state revenue agents have been searching for tax scofflaws by mining information on MySpace and Facebook. In October, the F.B.I. searched the New York home of a man suspected of helping coordinate protests at the Group of 20 meeting in Pittsburgh by sending out messages over Twitter.

In some cases, the government appears to be engaged in deception. The Boston Globe recently quoted a Massachusetts district attorney as saying that some police officers were going undercover on Facebook as part of their investigations.

[Thanks to Travis Holte.]
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*I guess the government never heard of the First Amendment. Oh, but I forgot—this is a Democratic Administration. We all know how much the Democratic sheeple who voted this Administration into office love their First Amendment rights. As these rights are slowly stripped away, perhaps they'll begin to understand why the Republican sheeple love their Second Amendment rights.

UPDATE: Nick DelMedico points out under Facebook Statement of Rights and Terms:

4.1: You will not provide any false personal information on Facebook, or create an account for anyone other than yourself without permission.

5.1: You will not post content or take any action on Facebook that infringes or violates someone else's rights or otherwise violates the law.

But as we all know, the gunvernment is above private agreements as far as Big Corporations are concerned.