Tesco man suspended over web message:
A man who works as a support line technician for an ISP in the UK is in hot water after leaving a comment and risque photo on a female customer’s Facebook.
A Tesco employee has been suspended after using a customer’s personal details to track her down on the Facebook website […]
Facebook settles New York child safety probe:
Not too long ago I posted about New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo setting his sights on Facebook because of pervs approaching his office’s fake underage Facebook profile.
Well, Facebook has caved in to him…
The settlement involves no financial penalties.
Under the terms of the settlement, Facebook has agreed to begin […]
TechCrunch has a great write up on a Facebook clone called Hatebook.
Hatebook looks and functions much like Facebook, except with an evil twist for everything. The color scheme is hellish red, profiles include a section called “Why I’m Better Than You!”, and members can create “Hate Albums” that consist of photos and descriptions of things […]
Alberta teen apologizes for disgraceful Facebook group:
A kid in Alberta is in some hot water for making a Facebook group in honor of an accused cop killer.
Eighteen-year-old Matt Galpin says he was drunk when he created the group “Long Live Emrah Bulatci’ on the social networking site Facebook with a friend.
Was I the only 18-year-old […]
With MySpace, Facebook, gangland moving online:
Another article about gangs using MySpace and Facebook to not only recruit members but to boast about their crimes online.
A teen purporting to be a 17-year-old Nashua boy created a group on MySpace using the name of a local gang in the French Hill area of the city, “LDP,” […]
Facebook bullies suspended:
Some students at a Winnipeg school are having second thoughts about making a Facebook group to bully another student.. Others, not so much.
According to the article the Facebook group contained expletives and homophobic slurs directed at one particular student. It’s not know if the victim was actually gay or not but that doesn’t […]
Man jailed over Facebook message:
Some poor shlub from the UK had the UK version of a restraining order put against him by his estranged wife.
Dylan Osborn, 37, had been ordered by magistrates not to contact his wife Claire Tarbox, after he harassed her with phonecalls and text messages.
Ok so I’m not feeling too sorry […]
New Jersey attorney general subpoenas Facebook over sex offender data:
New Jersey attorney Anne Milgram has subpoenaed Facebook and 11 other social sites requesting if they have sex offenders as their users. Facebook claims they removed a list of registered New Jersey sex offenders from their site but AG Milgram says that’s not enough. The AG […]
Soham killer returned to prison:
The other day I posted about Ian Huntley. He’s a convicted British child killer who has a profile on Facebook that a lot of UK facebook users are upset with. He is serving a life sentence in prison since the UK does not have the death penalty.
Well it seems that Huntley […]
NY’s Cuomo subpoenas Facebook after company fails to respond:
First it was Connecticut’s Richard Blumenthal. Then it was North Carolina’s Roy Cooper. Now add New York’s Andrew Cuomo to the list of state attorneys general who just don’t get it. (Is there any politician from New York that’s not named Cuomo?) Anyway, Mr. Cuomo has subpoenaed […]
Outrage as Ian Huntley joins Facebook:
Ian Huntley is a twisted little bastard. He was convicted in 2003 for murdering Cambridgeshire schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman. That’s in England by the way. As is the case with incarcerated famous criminals it seems that Huntley has a female admirer much like the Menendez Brothers here in […]
OU Student Finds Trouble On Facebook:
Some people still do not get it that nothing is private on the internet. A female student ay Oklahoma University posted a picture of herself posing with a pellet gun while driving on her Facebook. Of course by looking at the picture you can’t tell it’s just a pellet gun. […]
Facebook group made false assumption with released sketch:
The Riley County Police Department in the area of Kansas State University released a sketch on Friday of someone wanted for questioning in connection with a serial rapist that has been plaguing the area. A Facebbok group called “Catch Him 2007: We Need Your Help!” posted the sketch […]
Fight over Facebook evidence; gag order issued:
Former Indianapolis Colts Quarterback Jack Trudeau is in trouble for hosting a party that included several underage drinkers. It didn’t help that Trudeau’s daughter was bragging about all the alcohol that her parents bought on her Facebook.
That’s another drawback to social sites that I hadn’t thought of before. Your […]
Popular Web site is target of probe:
Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal is up to his usual misguided ways. This time he’s focusing his wrath on Facebook.
Connecticut’s attorney general is scrutinizing Facebook, the popular social-networking site, for allowing convicted sex offenders to register, calling into question whether the company is doing enough to protect users.
The inquiry […]
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