With a growing number of cases involving the online exploitation of minors and victimization of vulnerable individuals, the State Police have decided to adopt several strategies to catch online predat

With a growing number of cases involving the online exploitation of minors and victimization of vulnerable individuals, the State Police have decided to adopt several strategies to catch online predators. First, State Police officers have created fake profiles on many popular social media sites to look for bad actors. Second, the State Police have decided to employ several “ethical hackers” to access known social media forums, platforms and websites which have been proven to host inappropriate content and allow for the victimization of individuals. Third, the State Police has also asked for foreign intelligence services to access U.S. servers without judicial authorization to provide data in the search of online predators. Fourth, the State Police has hired a local university to have its graduate data science students build an artificial intelligence application to further help find online criminals using the data it has collected.

What are the possible ethical issues related to the State Police strategies and the use of this data? 

How would you apply each of the ethical theories covered in assessing the continued use of this data?