The use of social media for academic research is accelerating and raising ethical concerns along the way, as large amounts of information collected by private companies, including Google, Microsoft, Facebook and Twitter, they are providing new insights into all aspects of daily life. Another article published on the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse adds: "Freedom of Information ACT (FOIA) requests filed by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) with assistance from the University of California-Berkeley Samuelson Clinic have shed light on how government agencies use social networking sites for investigations, data collection, and surveillance. It has been noted that Facebook has a reputation for being "cooperative with emergency requests." There's a reason this has raised ethical concerns, and that's because it is It is illegal for large corporations and government agencies to have the ability to monitor people, even through social media.