January 9th, 2008
Police look into youth ‘factions’ over vandalism in Stoke area:
Once again we have a story that proves that idiot kids who post evidence of their crimes online are not limited to the U.S. or to MySpace. I’m not saying all kids are idiots just the ones who break the law.
Anyway this story comes to us […]
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September 12th, 2007
Judge issues internet warning in student murder case:
The suspect in the murder of New Zealnd teen Augustine Borrell was in fact on Bebo.
The youth’s arrest came after comments were posted on the popular Bebo website saying “i am real sory 4 tha incident” and “iv handed maself in”.
There was a 2nd suspect but that person […]
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September 11th, 2007
Exclusive: Police probe murder claims on Bebo:
17-year-old Augustine Borrell of New Zealand was ftally stabbed over the weekend and was just an innocent bystander at a party. Some beleive that a kid on Bebo was the perpetrator.
Pages from a young man’s Bebo profile are full of comments claiming he is involved in the 17-year-old’s murder […]
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August 28th, 2007
Net bully regrets her part in hate site:
The other day I posted about a New Zealand girl that was being cyberbullied on Bebo. It turns out that thanks to that story in the NZ media one of the bullies is getting a taste of her own medicine.
One of the girls who bullied Tauranga Intermediate […]
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February 25th, 2007
Young gangs target youths online:
Much like in America, New Zealand gangs are turning to social networking sites like Bebo and MySpace to recruit new members. Nothing I haven’t talked about before but the article gives a new insight as to some of the reasons why.
Victoria University expert on violent offending Dr Devon Polaschek said gangs […]
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