Hi everyone. I work on the security team at Facebook. While investigating the claims of this post, we've confirmed that Facebook doesn't use Recorded Future -- an open source aggregator of public data -- to scan any private content. That means we haven't partnered with or directed Recorded Future to scan anyone's message links.
It's hard to tell precisely what's going on based on the amount of information in the post. It's possible that another interaction, including one that could be occurring on the client machine, is consuming the URL and generating this behavior.
We'll update if any new information is discovered.
I have had a lot of difficulty in the past discussing security and privacy concerns with your team - in particular a complain about the censorship of my linking leaked Snowden and Wikileaks documents and PDF scans of Islamic Extremist magazines (non-violent/gross content).
Do you have a transparency document anywhere that you can link, so that we can understand what you as a representative can and will contribute to the conversation? Could you also provide some proof that you are a representative of Facebook security?
It's hard to tell precisely what's going on based on the amount of information in the post. It's possible that another interaction, including one that could be occurring on the client machine, is consuming the URL and generating this behavior.
We'll update if any new information is discovered.