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http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2012/05/2
A Florida university student who designed a Web site for men to pay women $5 to perform "girlfriend-like" tasks said he now has 1,600 users.
Cody Krecicki, 22, a student at Edison State College in Fort Myers, said he was inspired by a girl in his class who was working multiple jobs to stay afloat while attending school and came up with Girlfriendforhire.com, the Naples (Fla.) Daily News reported Monday.
Krecicki said the "girlfriend-like" tasks offered include giving advice, helping to break up with unwanted romantic partners and sending Facebook messages that users can show to their friends.
Krecicki said the services, which also include homework help, each cost $5 and any adult or escort-like services are banned by the Web site's terms of service. He said he personally validates each post before it goes live on the site.
The Web site crashed for several hours due to a high rate of traffic on its first day last month and Krecicki said it has topped 100,000 page views with more than 1,600 registered users who have made 300 orders for the $5 services.
Robin Dunlap, a Texas college student who has sold two "flings" on the site, said it's a great way to make a little extra income.
"I'd be sitting in front of my computer anyway -- that's an extra $5 I'd be getting for what I'm doing anyway," she said.
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Big scam and fries - 05/21/12
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/ne
A MCDONALD’S manager is being investigated after thousands of pounds worth of prize coupons were flogged on eBay. Vouchers meant to reward customers have been sold on the website at knockdown prices.
Suspects increasingly being arrested in St. Lawrence County for harassing by Facebook, texting - 05/20/12
http://northcountrynow.com/news/suspect
Local law enforcement officials say they have seen an increase in crimes such as harassment being transmitted by newer methods such as Facebook and texting. “Cyberstalking,” “cyberbullying” and “cyberharassment” are not new offenses, they say, but are simply old offenses by newer means.
Lawyer says man's 10 days in jail enough for cyberstalking charges - 05/20/12
http://www.bellinghamherald.com/201
The lawyer for a 27-year-old man convicted of sending life threatening text messages to two former girlfriends said Friday that his client is a "goofy kid" whose 10 days locked up were enough. The time Mark Ronald Reed spent in the Benton County jail after his arrest "made a dramatic impression" on the Richland man, said Spokane attorney Christopher Bugbee.
Paedo’s 1,000 girl net hitlist - 05/19/12
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/ne
A PAEDOPHILE had sex with four girls he met on Facebook and had a hit-list of 1,000 potential victims, a court heard. Ryan Chambers, 19, set up 11 accounts on the site and used four phones. He groomed girls aged 12 to 15 after commenting on their web photos.
She looks utterly respectable. But this mother is accused of being a wicked 'troll' who posts vile abuse online (And who put her in the frame? The self-confessed troll she lives with...) - 05/18/12
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art
Appearances, they say, can be deceptive. Kirsty Chapman (blonde, slim, pretty) is perhaps living proof of this. To the outside world, she is a respectable housewife and mother of three. Most days she can be seen out and about in fashionable jeans wheeling a pushchair near her home in Wales. Remember these details in particular, the fact she has three children. They make what you are about to read all the more shocking.
The Facebook split: Indian woman files for divorce after husband failed to change his relationship status to married - 05/18/12
http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/news/arti
An Indian woman is filing for divorce after her husband failed to change his relationship status to married on social network site Facebook. The 28-year-old has already approached the family court seeking divorce saying that she can not trust him after her failed to announce their marriage on the website. The Telugu couple had an arranged marriage just two months ago and the case was filed in the jurisdiction of an Aurangabad court where the women is thought to live.
Christopher P. Gunn Charged With Sextortation And Cyberstalking After Allegedly Posing As Justin Bieber Online - 05/17/12
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/1
Federal authorities have indicted a Florida man for posing as Justin Bieber online, promising young girls backstage passes and free tickets in exchange for sexually explicit images and videos of themselves. Christopher P. Gunn, 31, who is already in custody for related charges in Alabama, is charged with online sextortation and cyberstalking, according to a release by U.S. Attorney of the Northern District of Florida.
Chilwell software engineer tracked stolen bike over internet - 05/17/12
http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/Chilw
A SOFTWARE engineer is to help Notts Police fight crime online after he tracked down his stolen bike over the internet. Dom Finn thought his £500 Trek Valencia was gone forever after thieves sawed through a bike chain outside Tesco in Station Road, Beeston.
Former Lee County sheriff's sergeant accused of stalking - 05/17/12
http://www.news-press.com/article/20120
A man fired from the Lee County Sheriff’s Office for inappropriate behavior in 2010 has been arrested on a charge of stalking his ex-girlfriend. Christopher Michael Arey, a 42-year-old former sheriff’s office sergeant, was arrested Wednesday after his ex-girlfriend called 911 when he tried to enter her home.
Convicted stalker is accused of violating his probation - 05/17/12
http://www.unionleader.com/article/2012
A Danville man with a history of posing as women on social networking sites and stalking young men is back in jail after being arrested on a probation violation for the second time. Robert Slye, 30, was ordered held without bail for allegedly using several female aliases on social networking sites to exchange photos with young men.
Inside Out - Internet Trolls - 05/17/12
http://www.lgcplus.com/5043459.article
I am being bullied and libelled on Twitter and there is nothing I can do. As a chief executive I have made enemies. One has set up an anonymous Twitter account and regularly posts hostile tweets about me and those close to me. They are half-truths and often damn lies, which aim to upset me and undermine my reputation.
FBI finds scammers impersonating the FBI now one of worst online threats - 05/16/12
http://www.networkworld.com/community/n
In a weird turn of events the most common Internet crime complaints in 2011 were those involving scams that involved fraudsters pretending to be the FBI according to the yearly online crime report issued through the FBI's partner, the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) and the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C).
Brighton woman Nicola Brookes tackles 'trolls' after Facebook abuse - 05/15/12
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-su
A Brighton woman who was abused on the internet is starting legal action to force Facebook to reveal the identities of those who targeted her. Nicola Brookes was falsely portrayed as a paedophile and drug dealer by so-called internet trolls.
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/ma
If Magneto, the arch-nemesis of the X-Men, was a tattooed hipster, he might look a lot like this guy.
Dave Hurban, a Dynasty Tattoo artist from Newfield, N.J., surgically implanted four magnets into his wrist. Why? Basically, it's a cool (or at least unique) way to hold his iPod Nano in place without a pesky wristband.
You can check out a video of the process below, produced by Kaledioscope Kreative. But be warnedthere will be blood. For more on Youth, the band featured in the video, check out their official site.
Back in March, it was revealed that Nokia has issued patents for "vibrating tattoos," which could be permanently attached to a person's body and used to alert them when they were receiving a phone call or text message.
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Beware, three-year term in jail awaits cyber stalkers - 05/14/12
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Koc
Increased use of social networking sites has also greatly increased their abuse in Kerala. Many people use Facebook, Twitter and other networking sites as a means to spew venom on people they hate or spread canards against those with whom they disagree on issues. However, most people are unaware that this is a criminal offence punishable with up to three years in jail and Rs. 1 lakh in fine.
Rumors, photos spread on 'The Dirty' website - 05/14/12
http://www.ksat.com/news/defenders/Rumo
There is a website where people can post the most vicious rumors and lies about others along with photos. They can trash their neighbors anonymously.The site is called “The Dirty” and it has had an effect on those posted on the site, including San Antonio Real Estate Broker Ellie Rios.
'Just spat on a working-class person': Cambridge University chat site taken down amid cyber-bullying accusations - 05/14/12
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art
A social networking website for Cambridge University has been shut down after students were accused of cyber-bullying. The Library Whispers site was set up by students to spice up exam revision by exchanging anonymous comments from libraries around the Cambridge campus and displaying them in a real time stream, similar to Twitter.
Need to Investigate an Employee? Read This First - 05/14/12
http://www.internetevolution.com/au
Your company’s employees use the Internet for all sorts of super-cool, productivity-enhancing things, like... well... doing their jobs, mostly. With a little bit of socializing and entertainment mixed in for good measure, of course. But every so often one will wander over to the dark side of the Internet and do something that puts your company or other people at risk. Something like malicious hacking, stalking, viewing illegal pornography, manipulating stock prices, and threatening or extorting other people.
Man arrested on warrants, resisting charge - 05/12/12
http://www.thenewsstar.com/article/2012
Ouachita Parish deputies arrested a man Friday afternoon accused of resisting arrest and with multiple warrants. Kenneth Frost, 25, no address given, was booked into Ouachita Correctional Center on charges of resisting arrest by giving a false identification, resisting arrest by flight and four warrants for his arrest, on charges of cyberstalking and harassing phone calls.
Beaverton church sues family after they criticize it online - 05/12/12
http://www.katu.com/news/local/Beav
A church pastor is suing a mother and daughter for $500,000 because they gave the church bad reviews online. The family being sued left the church a few years ago and Julie Anne Smith says she and her family were shunned and couldn't understand why. So she went online and wrote Google and DEX reviews of the church and then started a blog.
Police call on Twitter community to help catch online criminals - 05/12/12
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/cr
Police have asked users of social media sites like Facebook and Twitter to be their “eyes and ears” in a bid to stop online bullying. Officers want people to report so-called “trolls”, who commit crimes on the internet.
Man charged with filming roommates - 05/11/12
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2012/0
Police in Florida said they arrested a man accused of hiding a camera in an air vent to record his roommates having sex in their bedroom. Key West police said officers were called to the home Sunday by a 30-year-old man who told them he found the recording device taped inside the air conditioner vent directly over the bed he shares with his 26-year-old girlfriend, the Key West Citizen reported Friday.
Youth held for cyberstalking - 05/11/12
http://articles.timesofindia.india
A youth in Buldhana district was arrested for allegedly creating a fictitious profile of a woman journalist on Facebook and posting obscene messages. Shyam Gajanand Bahekar (25) was remanded in police custody and the Mumbai cyber crime cell has recovered 8 SIM cards and three cellphones from him.
Warning about posting abuse on Twitter and Facebook - 05/11/12
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/18030970
The government's top legal adviser has issued a new warning over abusive tweets and Facebook posts. Attorney General Dominic Grieve said users should be aware of how easy it can be to break the law. But he said the government didn't need to introduce new laws because existing ones already make it illegal to "grossly offend" or "cause distress".
Revenge as theft victim spots his bike on Craigslist and steals it back - 05/11/12
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar
A Washington, D.C. man took action when he saw his stolen bicycle posted on Craigslist the day after it was nabbed from where it was chained up outside a friend’s house in the Brightwood area. Danny Lesh spotted his Cannondale hybrid on the site on Monday morning, less than 24 hours after it was pinched, identifying it by a worn ‘Bike Winter’ sticker on the frame work near the handle bars.
When does ‘catching up’ become stalking? - 05/11/12
http://www.washingtonpost.com/life
I was feeling nostalgic, and I searched online for my college boyfriend, whom I had not spoken to in about 15 years. He was always an off-the-grid kind of guy, so it took about 30 minutes, but I found a cellphone number that I’m fairly confident is his. Would calling him be harmless fun, or weird? I only want to say hi and hear what he’s been up to. Absolutely nothing more.
'He undid my seatbelt and slammed on the brakes': How Lamborghini-driving playboy with neo-Nazi fixation abused two girlfriends he met on Facebook - 05/09/12
http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/news/arti
A successful businessman with a 'Jekyll and Hyde character' has been jailed after systematically abusing two girlfriends he met through Facebook. Keith Turner, 43, from York, physically and mentally abused the two women in a series of humiliating and frightening incidents which included him spitting in their faces, throwing one victim’s shredded clothes in the road and posting a fictional profile on an adult website so that men turned up at one victim’s home, expecting sexual favours.
Man arrested for cyber-stalking SUNshine Girl - 05/09/12
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Crime/2
Stalkers use to hide in the shadows, but these days they are more likely to hide behind their keyboard and use social media to prey on unsuspecting victims.
How to Handle Social Media Harassment - 05/08/12
http://blog.laptopmag.com/how-to-h
Despite the fact that social media is an integral part of the marketing mix for many companies today, plenty of business owners still hesitate because of concerns about what could go wrong.
McCanns left 'horrified' after site uses precious last picture of missing Madeleine to sell discount holidays to Portugal - 05/07/12
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar
A treasured image of missing Madeleine McCann has been used to advertise trips to Portugal. The picture was the last taken of the three-year-old before she disappeared from her parents' apartment in Praia da Luz five years ago. But today the emerged the poignant snap is being shown on a website boasting: '£20 off: Great discount on holiday bookings.'
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2012/05/0
Authorities in Florida said a jail visitor found himself behind bars after exposing himself to a monitor-image of his wife.
The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office, which installed closed-circuit TV screens for jail visitors to talk to inmates in the 1990s, said Mitchell Thomas, 46, of St. Petersburg, was visiting his wife, Monique, 30, at the jail Tuesday when he exposed his genitals to the cameras around 5:45 p.m., the Tampa Bay Times reported Thursday.
Thomas was jailed at the facility and ordered held in lieu of $150 bail.
Monique Thomas has been jailed since October on charges of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, disorderly intoxication, retail theft and domestic battery.
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How to Handle Social Media Harassment - 05/07/12
http://www.businessnewsdaily.com/2475-h
Cyber-bullying and online harassment aren't just the domain of high school kids and spurned ex-lovers. It can happen to your company, too. And despite the fact that social media is an integral part of the marketing mix for many companies today, but plenty of business owners still hesitate because of concerns about what could go wrong.
Alleged 'fraudster' accused of duping 75 heartbroken kids into thinking they would be performing at the Olympics - 05/06/12
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/al
It was the opportunity of a lifetime... to dance in front of a worldwide audience of billions at the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games. But yesterday 75 heartbroken children were trying to come to terms with the realisation that they may have been victims of an alleged elaborate con. The children, aged nine-19, got through gruelling auditions to join what they thought was an official dance troupe for the Games.
Trial of relatives who 'forced nine-year-old girl to run until she died' could fall through thanks to Facebook gossip about case - 05/06/12
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art
A flurry of Facebook posts about the Alabama grandmother and stepmother charged with running a 9-year-old girl to death as punishment could potentially put the case in jeopardy. A judge has warned prosecutors and defence attorneys not to discuss the murder case, and so far they have obeyed.
Extra: Victim's family files civil suit - 05/05/12
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/
Sheri Coleman's family filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Joyce Meyer Ministries, arguing that the deaths of Sheri and her sons could have been prevented if the organization had thoroughly investigated the email threats. Contrary to the claims in the lawsuit, Meyer and her son, Daniel Meyer, have stated that they did not know of the affair before Chris admitted it to authorities. Sheri's cousin, family spokesperson Enrico Mirabelli, explains their side of the case.
Madison man gets 45 days in jail in prosecutor stalking case - 05/04/12
http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/lo
A man convicted of stalking the Dane County prosecutor who won child abuse convictions against his wife will spend 45 days in jail. Dane County Circuit Judge Sarah O'Brien sentenced Michel "Ki" Moller, 54, of Madison, to three years of probation with the jail time as a condition of probation and told him to stay away from former Assistant District Attorney Karie Cattanach and her family.
Skype has known about a security hole that lets users be tracked to their city for a year, claim experts - 05/04/12
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet
Skype has been accused of allowing a privacy vulnerability which potentially let people know the location of a caller to stay in their software for more than a year. Skype learned more than a year ago about a privacy vulnerability that would allow someone to identify the IP address and the geographic location of a user, but left it unfixed, according to researchers who say they notified the company in 2010.
Primary school head vows to shop parents to social services if pupils use Facebook - 05/04/12
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art
A primary school head has threatened to shop parents to social services if they allow his pupils to use Facebook and other networking sites. Paul Woodward is concerned that youngsters who use the sites risk being exposed to porn and online grooming.
Mensch berates 'immoral' Twitter users over abuse - 05/03/12
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-1
Conservative MP Louise Mensch has hit out at "immoral and misogynistic" Twitter users for subjecting her to abuse for her stance on Rupert Murdoch.
Boyfriend is jailed after posting home-made sex videos of ex on the internet - 05/03/12
http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/news/arti
A jilted boyfriend was jailed today for taking revenge on his ex-lover - by putting their home-made sex videos onto the internet. Lee Ball, 39, from Bridgend, South Wales, filmed his girlfriend in a variety of sex positions for their own collection during their short romance.
Hackers bring down website of 'Britain's FBI' with cyber attack - 05/03/12
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar
The Serious Organised Crime Agency's website was temporarily shut down today after a cyber attack. It was the victim of a scam known as distributed denial of service (DDOS) whereby an internet address is flooded with bogus traffic, effectively making it unreachable.
Texting, tweeting and social networking are behind 'rough behaviour' of teens, says Pratchett - 05/03/12
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar
Texting and social networking are preventing children from learning correct English and are linked to 'rough behaviour', bestselling author Sir Terry Pratchett has claimed. He said kids appear 'unmotivated in school' and asked parents to encourage children to interact with each other.
Boulder cop Christian McCracken faces attempted-murder charge in stalking case - 05/03/12
http://www.dailycamera.com/news/bo
A Boulder police officer on leave since suffering a brain injury in an assault last summer was formally charged Thursday in Broomfield with two counts of felony stalking just hours after he learned he'll face a far more serious charge: attempted first-degree murder.
Prosecutors: Thief Cyberstalked Those Who Got in His Way - 05/02/12
http://www.nbcchicago.com/investigation
In a case that combines residential theft and cyberstalking, prosecutors say a 32-year-old Chinese national is behind a million-dollar crime spree. But when, Jicheng "Kevin" Liu allegedly swiped a $500 stroller from a Roscoe Village porch, a very determined mother became an undercover sleuth, despite threats and intimidation.
Don't let cyberbullies have the last laugh - 05/02/12
http://www.cnet.com.au/dont-let-cyberbu
Not long ago, The Sydney Morning Herald reported the sentencing of one Ravshan Usmanov. In October last year, Usmanov spite-posted naked pictures of an ex-girlfriend to Facebook. The pair had broken up less than three months prior; like many jilted lovers, Usmanov thought that public dissemination of naked photos would make a fitting revenge. The SMH reported him as saying to the police, "I put the photos up because she hurt me and it was the only thing [I had] to hurt her".
Judge denies bond in Colee stalking case - 05/02/12
http://www.historiccity.com/2012/staugu
Historic City News reporters listened to emotional testimony before Judge Charles Tinlin this morning during a bond hearing in the violation of probation case of former St Johns County Sheriff’s Correction Unit Commander, Roger “Wayne” Colee. Colee, whose parents sat quietly in the back row, stared forward in silence for nearly the entire 45-minute hearing this morning; his attorney, Andrew Morgan, doing all the talking for him.
Arizona's Online Harassment Bill Passes Legislature; You Can Still "Annoy or Offend" Others on the Internet, to an Extent - 05/01/12
http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/valley
Arizona's House Bill 2549 -- which was derailed after a critic's view that it was a "bill to censor electronic speech" caught on -- has been approved by some legislators after changes were made to address those concerns.
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2012/04/2
A Kentucky teenager who allegedly scored a pot deal over the Internet was arrested after the package arrived at the wrong house, police said.
Garrett Bryant, 19, admitted arranging to buy a pound of marijuana from a California person he met playing Xbox Live online, WLKY-TV, Louisville, Ky., reported.
Bryant had the contraband sent to him under the false name of David Smith but it was sent to the wrong address.
Lawrenceburg police officer Josh Satterly said the resident opened the package without looking at the intended address and after discovering the marijuana, called police who called the postmaster who sent out a postal inspector, gamepolitics.com said.
"There was a name on the package of David Smith. Garrett Bryant accepted the package from the postal inspector. When he accepted the package and advised his name was David Smith, we executed a search warrant on the residence and that's when we recovered the pound of marijuana," Satterly said.
Bryant allegedly admitted to police he had paid $2,300 for the marijuana and was hoping to sell it to "help his mother pay bills," gamepolitics.com said.
"We have reason to believe that he wasn't selling it for financial gain for his mother. He was using it for personal use as well. There's other ways to help out family than to sell drugs," Satterly said.
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Hitting back at stalkers - 04/30/12
http://www.morpethherald.co.uk/news/loc
POLICE are reminding Northumberland residents who face stalking or harassment that help and support is available to them. As well as urging people to get in touch if they are concerned about someone’s behaviour towards them, Northumbria Police is publishing new information on its website directing them to advice and information on the subject.
It's called parenting, not snooping - 04/30/12
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinio
The Canadian Press has reported that more than half of Canadian parents admit that they have snooped -- even cyberstalked -- on their kids' Facebook page. The 11-country survey, which was done for a study on online safety, found the overall average of snooper parents was 44 per cent, lower than in Canada.
Saved someone’s life and managed to cop a feel of some cracking jubblies. Excellent shift. - 04/28/12
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/ne
A PARAMEDIC who boasted on Facebook about groping a “cracking” pair of breasts was yesterday found guilty of misconduct.
Want to know why internet providers refuse to block porn? Just follow the money and ask this pornography baron - 04/27/12
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art
Internet providers have been accused of being 'complicit' in exposing children to porn by refusing to help parents block it from computers in the home. The Mail tracked down Steven Hirsch, who has made millions from hardcore pornography films for the internet, and along the way found it was not just him that stood to lose a great deal of money if a block was in place.
Should Cyberbullying Be a Crime? - 04/27/12
http://www.nytimes.com/schoolbook/2
Schools throughout New York are preparing to put a new curriculum in place that will teach students civility and tolerance, to comply with new legislation intended to cut down on bullying.
Harassers in DFW are losing their online anonymity - 04/27/12
http://www.star-telegram.com/2012/0
Imagine waking up one day and finding out that you have been labeled a thief, hooker, pimp, child abuser or tax evader on an anonymous blog. As people ramp up their trash talk online, such harassment is becoming more common, said Kenton J. Hutcherson, a Dallas attorney who specializes in Internet defamation cases.
If you don't like it, why read it, judge asks Huhne's lover in harassment case - 04/27/12
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art
A High Court judge yesterday questioned why Chris Huhne’s lover continued to read articles about herself when she found them offensive. Mr Justice Tugendhat was told that Carina Trimingham, who is suing the Daily Mail for alleged harassment, had set up alerts through the internet site Google where she would be warned every time a Daily Mail or Mail on Sunday article mentioned her.
Prosecutors: Burglar cyberstalked accusers - 04/26/12
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/201
An Illinois man accused of about 90 burglaries made false allegations online against his accusers, police and former employers, prosecutors said. Jicheng "Kevin" Liu, a 32-year-old Chinese national who authorities say has been living illegally in the United States for a decade, is accused of stealing more than $500,000 in merchandise in Cook County, the Chicago Tribune reported.
Corporate Web Stalking? HR Recruiting Via Social Media - 04/26/12
http://www.businessreviewaustralia.c
Teachers need to clean up their Facebook profiles. For those looking to move from the unemployed educators pool to the paid head of the classroom position, profile pictures featuring beer bong chugging, the wearing of oversized neon plush hats, or unintentional naps in bushes, should be deleted with haste. Why? Well according to a recent study conducted by Bullhorn Reach – an online social recruiting software force – the number one web avenue to recruit potential staff in education, non-profit work, or advertising is Facebook.
Fiji beauty called not 'native' enough - 04/26/12
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2012/0
Torika Watters, 16, is being criticized on Facebook for not looking "native" enough after she won Fiji's Miss World 2012 beauty pageant. Indigenous peoples are lambasting the weekend competition, judged by New Zealand supermodel Rachel Hunter and other non-natives, for selecting a winner whose hair doesn't have a "buiniga," a Fiji term for the naturally fuzzy hairstyle of the native islanders, the (Sydney) Daily Telegraph reported Thursday.
Twitter police swoops: Three arrested in probe over tweets naming Ched Evans rape victim - 04/26/12
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/ch
Police have arrested three men after the teenage victim of rapist footballer Ched Evans was named on Twitter. The Sheffield United and Wales striker was jailed for five years last week after being found guilty of raping the woman who was "too drunk to consent" in a hotel in Rhyl. North Wales Police today said two men had been arrested under Section 5 of the Sexual Offences Amendments Act and the other on suspicion of malicious communication.
Lawyer sentenced to prison for making harassing phone calls - 04/25/12
http://hudsonvalley.ynn.com/content/top
An Albany lawyer was sentenced to one to three years in state prison for making harassing, racially-charged phone calls to city residents. James Hennesey, 59, pleaded guilty back in February to two counts of aggravated harassment as a hate crime. According to the Albany County District Attorney's Office, Hennesey, made upwards of 200 phone calls to nearly 40 different numbers through a spoofing website that would change the appearance of his outgoing phone number. V
Ouachita Parish charges woman with cyberstalking - 04/24/12
http://www.bastropenterprise.com/newsno
Ouachita Parish deputies have charged a Monroe woman with harassing a man over the Internet. Emily Phillips, 31, was booked into Ouachita Correctional Center on a cyberstalking charge on Saturday.
Employee fairly dismissed for harassing colleague on Facebook - 04/24/12
http://www.lexology.com/library/de
Another day, another case relating to dismissal following an employee’s posting of inappropriate Facebook comments…Mr Teggart, who was employed as a customer service representative in a call centre in Belfast, posted a number of obscene comments about a female co-worker on Facebook, one of which mentioned the name of his employer.
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2012/04/2
A Traverse City, Mich., detective ran into and arrested the suspect he was investigating for credit card fraud while the two were at a gas station.
Police said the chance encounter was lucky because more than a week had passed since a woman reported her credit card stolen April 12, the Traverse City Record-Eagle reported Saturday.
Detective Kevin Gay pulled the purchase record for the credit card after it was reported stolen and determined the suspect had used it at two gas stations. He was able to pull surveillance footage of the male suspect from the first gas station and had taken an image of the man to the second gas station Thursday.
That was when he ran into the 51-year-old suspect buying a pack of cigarettes.
"The odds are definitely against this happening ... on the exact day and time he's in there, the suspect is in there buying a pack of cigarettes," said Capt. Brian Heffner.
Gay arrested the suspect, who is expected to face charges of unlawful use of a credit card, the newspaper said.
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Prankster regrets sending intimate pictures to German high jumper – after she names and shames him on Facebook - 04/23/12
http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/news/arti
A sleazy Internet stalker who sent explicit photos to a world high jump star got more than he bargained for - when she posted his personal details to her thousands of fans. German athletics star Ariane Friedrich - who also works as a police officer - named and shamed her online stalker after being emailed photos of a man's genitals.
Ouachita woman charged with cyberstalking - 04/23/12
http://theadvocate.com/home/2638988-1
Ouachita Parish deputies have charged a Monroe woman with harassing a man over the Internet. Emily Phillips, 31, was booked into Ouachita Correctional Center on a cyberstalking charge on Saturday.
Ched Evans rape victim 'named and abused online': "Profoundly disturbing" comments probed by police - 04/22/12
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/ch
Police are investigating reports that the woman raped by footballer Ched Evans was being named and abused online. It follows a complaint to North Wales Police by a leading rape charity which said the alleged comments on Twitter were "profoundly disturbing".
Aussie faith healers getting death threats - 04/21/12
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2012/04/2
A group of faith healers in Australia says it has been getting death threats from anonymous e-mailers who want its members off Brisbane's streets corners.
Woman angry at dating spreadsheet leaker - 04/20/12
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2012/04/2
The woman who received the highest ranking on a New York investment banker's dating spreadsheet said she's angry at the woman who leaked the document. Liliana Beidaut, 26, a makeup artist who received a 9.5 ranking on the infamous Match.com dating scorecard made by David Merkur, 28, said she was upset to find someone had leaked the spreadsheet to the public, the New York Post reported Friday.
Schoolboy, 15, posed as flirty girl on Facebook to get hold of pictures of naked boys in 'sophisticated' deception and he assaulted two victims while on bail - 04/20/12
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art
A schoolboy rapist posed as a girl on Facebook to persuade teenage boys to send him explicit photographs of themselves.
The youth, of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, set up a fictional account on the social networking site and convinced his 'friends' he was a flirty 16-year-old female.
Revenge porn website IsAnyoneUp.com shut down after anti-bullying group buys domain name - 04/20/12
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art
A 'revenge porn' website has been shut down after it was bought by an anti-bullying group - but eyebrows have been raised as the new owner runs a remarkably similar service. Hunter Moore, 26, this week sold IsAnyoneUp.com - where people were encouraged to send in intimate pictures of their exes - to Bullyville.com for an undisclosed fee.
Man ‘posed as Bieber to groom young girls’ - 04/20/12
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/ne
A MAN has been accused of posing as pop sensation Justin Bieber in order to groom young girls in up to five countries. Canadian Lee Moir, 34, is already facing multiple child sex charges for allegedly preying on a 12-year-old girl from New Jersey, in the US, over the internet.
Distracted doctor 'killed two patients suffering just ulcers with TEN TIMES normal dose of morphine while he surfed the internet' - 04/19/12
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar
A doctor prescribed deadly drug overdoses for two elderly patients while 'preoccupied' by surfing the internet, a court heard yesterday. Rajendra Kokkarne, 37, had been checking cricket results, looking at news, doing personal banking and reading emails on the computer at his surgery when the mistakes were made.
Parents sue Apple over children's costly and highly addictive apps: Some are aimed at children as young as four - but can rack up bills up to £1,300 - 04/19/12
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/science
Parents whose children have accidentally run up huge bills playing games on their iPhones could be in line for compensation from Apple. Campaigners are awaiting the result of a U.S. court case in which a group of disgruntled parents are suing the company after their children’s innocent game playing ended up costing a fortune.
'I watched my lover die on Skype because Indian police would not break down door': Girlfriend reveals TEN hour ordeal after lover cut his throat in video call - 04/19/12
http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/news/arti
A distraught girlfriend told today how she watched in horror as her partner killed himself in front of her - 7,000 miles away over the internet on Skype. Speaking for the first time about the horrific experience Julie Zalinski told how Adrian Rowland, her boyfriend of two-and-a-half years slashed his throat and wrists.
Arrests in internet race-hate investigation - 04/19/12
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17771
Five men have been arrested on suspicion of publishing material to incite racial hatred. Computer equipment and mobile phones are thought to have been seized by police during early morning raids in Tyneside, Birkenhead, Barnsley, County Durham and Holloway, north London.
Free speech haven or lawless cesspool – can the internet be civilised? - 04/19/12
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/20
Public figures such as Ryan Giggs have reason to rue the freedom of the internet, but dissidents across the world have used it to circumvent repressive national laws. When a south London teenager uploaded a series of amateur rap videos to YouTube, he had no reason to believe they would make legal history.
'I'm not really dead': Online trolls open fake Facebook account in name of boy, 16, killed in moped crash and then email his mother - 04/18/12
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar
A grieving mother has been targeted by internet trolls only a day after her 16-year-old son was killed in a moped crash. The online tormentors posed as Bridget Agar’s son, Jordan, on Facebook and sent her a message that said: ‘Mum, I’m not really dead. I’m sat at the computer, I just ran away.’
Mother 'had 13-year-old daughter’s boyfriend, 21, killed... then persuaded teen to take the blame after he posted topless pictures of girl on web' - 04/18/12
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar
A mother had her 13-year-old daughter’s boyfriend murdered - then persuaded the teenager to take the blame after he posted topless photos of the girl on the internet, a court heard today. Gedu Bibi, 47, allegedly arranged for a former lover, Lilu Miah, to bludgeon Sumon Miah to death with a table leg after he uploaded the photos of Shuhina Khanam from his phone.
A generation of girls is now being sexually corrupted by the web - 04/18/12
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/artic
Alone in a hotel room with a man she’d met only half-an-hour earlier, Becky Stevens knew it was too late to back out. For six months, the 15-year-old had been chatting online to ‘Stuart’ after meeting him on an internet dating site.
Facing the wrath of the Magic Circle: Penn & Teller sue Dutch entertainer who 'is threatening to sell secret of signature trick' - 04/17/12
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar
A Dutch entertainer is being sued for threatening to sell the secret behind one of Penn & Teller's signature magic tricks for just $3,050. Raymond Teller, the smaller and silent member of the pair, is taking legal action against Gerard Dogge after he posted online a video offering to expose the method behind his 'Shadows' illusion.
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2012/04/1
Smartphone cases that look like food, even if made from non-edible materials, are the latest craze among Japanese women, marketers say.
The cases may look like taiyaki, bean paste-filled pancakes that are themselves gussied up to look like fish, or like steaks or pies, The Asahi Shimbun reported. They go for about $42 each.
Tsukasa Sample in Kawasaki, a small company that manufactures displays of plastic food for restaurants, branched out into smartphone cases as a sideline, selling them online. An executive said 3,000 have been sold in 18 months, 80 percent of them purchased by women.
"We cannot keep up with orders," he said.
The company said fruit tarts are the No. 1 seller. There are also seasonal variations, with designs featuring shaved ice doing better in the summer.
The soft-boiled egg on rice dish named tamago-kake gohan is the latest item on the company's smartphone menu.
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Kickstarter Allegedly Bans Transmedia Artist Rachel Marone For Comment Spam From Cyberstalker - 04/15/12
http://www.betabeat.com/2012/04/15/kick
Crowdfunding super site Kickstarter has benefited from an excess of good will across the web. They may take a bit of a bruising then from allegations they banned transmedia artist Rachel Marone for–as The Next Web aptly puts it–”all the wrong reasons.”
The Times sued over computer hacking - 04/13/12
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-177058
The Times newspaper is being sued by police blogger Richard Horton after the paper accessed his email account, lawyer Mark Lewis has said. The paper revealed Mr Horton was the author of an award-winning anonymous blog entitled "NightJack" in 2009.
'Black widow' sentenced to death for murder in Japan - 04/13/12
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17
A Japanese woman who murdered her three former lovers in 2009 has been sentenced to death. Kanae Kijima, 37, murdered three men aged 41, 53 and 80 for financial gain, the court said. The judge added that there was no room for leniency. She met the men on internet dating sites and poisoned them with carbon monoxide by burning charcoal briquettes after giving them sleeping pills.
Busted! FBI led to Anonymous hacker after he posts picture of girlfriend's breasts online - 04/13/12
http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/news/arti
This is the picture that led the FBI to a catch prolific hacker allegedly responsible for releasing the personal information of scores of police officers throughout the United States. Higinio O. Ochoa III has been charged with illegally hacking into at least four U.S. law enforcement websites - feats he allegedly boasted about across social networking sites.
Police get hundreds of calls a day from terrorised and suicidal children bullied on Facebook - 04/13/12
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art
Hundreds of terrorised children often on the verge of suicide are calling the police every day because they are viciously bullied on Facebook.
Britain's forces fear this could be 'the tip of the iceberg' as more youngsters are certainly suffering in silence.
Bus staff suspended for foul-mouthed Facebook tirade against elderly passengers who complained about fare increases - 04/13/12
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art
Staff at a bus company have been suspended from their jobs after criticising elderly customers in a foul-mouthed exchange on Facebook. The First Bus workers unleashed a string of expletives in the online discussion about pensioners who had complained about a 40p fare hike.
Sexting: a new teen cyber-bullying 'epidemic' - 04/12/12
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/f
Cheltenham has many claims to fame: gorgeous Regency architecture; the Gold Cup; GCHQ. But last week it hit the headlines for a far more undesirable reason: a 14-year-old boy from the town was arrested for posting a pornographic video of himself and his girlfriend on Facebook.
Two arrested after hackers attacked anti-terror hotline - 04/12/12
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/92
Two boys aged 16 and 17 have been arrested as part of an investigation into recordings made of conversations on Scotland Yard’s anti-terror hotline, which were posted on the internet.
Custody officer who got 'police informant' shot after putting his mugshot on Facebook is jailed for seven years - 04/12/12
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar
A crooked custody officer stole a police mugshot to create a Facebook page falsely accusing a heroin dealer of being an informant to help a rival pusher. Within hours of the picture appearing on the social network, the man shown in the picture - 31-year-old Domenico Masciopinto - had been shot by a gunman.
Woman asks for restraining order against prominent blogger - 04/11/12
http://www.wfmz.com/news/news-regi
A woman is asking a court to keep a blogger away from her. Tricia Mezzacappa, of West Easton, filed a petition for a temporary restraining order against Bernard O'Hare Wednesday in Northampton County Court. She also is requesting protection from stalking and cyber-stalking.
Dig yourself out of this one: Fraudster jailed after hiring trucks and diggers then selling them on eBay - 04/11/12
http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/news/arti
A fraudster has been jailed after hiring 14 diggers and trucks and then hawking them as his own on eBay. Father-of-three Giorgio Arcaini, from Manchester, hired vehicles worth up to £15,000 each and then advertised them on the auction website.
Hackers Take Over National Organization For Marriage’s Twitter Account - 04/11/12
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Hackers on Wednesday morning apparently took over the Twitter account for the anti-gay National Organization For Marriage and turned it into a feed promoting gay rights.
Mother of 12-year-old who died playing 'choking game' slams YouTube for allowing its users to post guides to deadly practice - 04/10/12
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar
The mother of a 12-year-old boy, who accidentally hanged himself trying the 'choking game', has slammed internet site YouTube for showing videos encouraging the dangerous activity. Erik Rogg, a promising student and former boy scout from Randolph, Nebraska, died two years ago trying the 'game' which as been going on for decades.
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2012/04/0
An Ohio 18-year-old has apologized for his mug shot, which features him displaying his middle finger and grabbing his crotch.
The mug shot taken of Mitchell Peterman after he was arrested Sunday on charges of underage drinking and obstruction went viral online after it was posted to Facebook by Bath Township police, the Akron Beacon Journal reported Tuesday.
Peterman, a student at the University of Akron, apologized for his rude photo Monday and police took the picture off Facebook later in the day.
"I haven't even seen them. I don't even want to look at them," Peterman said of the pictures. "It's something I wish I wouldn't have done, something I wish I could undo. So, I'm just going to try and distance myself from it, learn from it and leave it behind."
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The sexting inspector: Officer sent dirty texts, downloaded porn on work phone and enjoyed lunchtime tryst with lover on duty - 04/09/12
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art
A police chief has been fired after he was caught using a work phone to download porn and exchange dirty text messages. Chief Inspector Mark Brew, 47, was in charge of more than 100 officers on Merseyside's Matrix anti-gun unit, before he was dismissed last week for gross misconduct.
Leonard Cohen's 'death threats' worry - 04/08/12
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/ne
MUSIC legend Leonard Cohen told a court how his ex-manager bombarded him with death threats and thousands of emails after he fired her.
Suspect in dismembering says he met woman online - 04/08/12
http://www.volunteertv.com/news/headlin
A 25-year-old man accused of stabbing, suffocating and dismembering his 21-year-old girlfriend in Ohio says he met the woman through a social networking website while looking for new friends.
Man accused of stalking sex crime victim - 04/06/12
http://www.dailycommercial.com/News/Lak
A 36-year-old Clermont man, out of jail on bond awaiting trial on charges of having sex with a minor, was arrested for cyberstalking the victim and her family, authorities said.
Teachers warn of online threats from pupils - 04/06/12
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-176
Social networking websites are being used to threaten and make false allegations against teachers, according to a teachers' union. The NASUWT says a survey shows that more than four in 10 have experienced such online abuse.
Head's warning over 'internet evils' as teenage boy puts porn film of himself and girl, 14, on Facebook - 04/04/12
http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/news/arti
A headmaster has warned of the ‘evils of modern technology’ after a boy of 14 was arrested for making a pornographic film of himself and a schoolgirl and posting it on Facebook. The footage was in common circulation and thought to have been viewed by thousands of pupils before it was removed from the site.
'Joke' photo of baby with plastic bag over her head leads to mother's arrest - 04/04/12
http://www.wptv.com/dpp/news/state/j
A Davie woman was charged with cruelty toward a child and neglect after police say she placed a plastic bag on her 5-month-old daughter's head, laid the child down in a plastic-lined garbage container and photographed her.
Trolls should go to jail, says Arizona, and I agree - 04/04/12
http://venturebeat.com/2012/04/04/j
Arizona is considering a new law that would criminalize Internet trolling, and I fully support the idea. First, let’s take a look at the hard news. Arizona House Bill 2549, which has already passed both the Arizona House of Representatives and Senate, would make it unlawful to “to use any electronic or digital device and use any obscene, lewd or profane language or suggest any lewd or lascivious act, or threaten to inflict physical harm to the person or property of any person” with the specific intention of scaring, annoying, or offending the person on the other end of such activity. (You can see the full text of the bill as passed by the legislature below.)
Husband jailed after he tried to get estranged wife arrested by emailing MI5 with school bomb threat from her account - 04/04/12
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar
A scorned husband who tried to get his estranged wife arrested by emailing MI5 and claiming she had planted a bomb at a junior school was jailed for 16 months today. Crazed Ghulam Kibria, 33, caused panic after he sent a chilling bomb threat to the security service’s website
Spitting mad: Jealous man who stabbed OAP after Facebook spat with girlfriend caught after spitting on pavement - 04/03/12
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/je
A kind-hearted pensioner who was left fighting for life after a vicious knife attack forgave her attacker yesterday as he was jailed indefinitely. Thug David Walters repeatedly plunged a 10in knife into frail Maria Morrison, 75, because he wanted “to do some damage to someone” after ”losing face” in a tiff on Facebook.
Computer expert who stole eight million people’s personal details for an 'intellectual challenge' jailed for two and half years - 04/03/12
http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/news/arti
A computer hacker illegally acquired enough credit and debit card details to carry out a potential £800,000 worth of fraud. Edward Pearson, 23, of Lendale, York, used a trojan virus to download thousands of credit card details along with the postcodes, passwords, names and dates of birth of more than eight million people in the UK.
Gunman who urged his 400 friends to watch a ‘live murder on Facebook’ during armed siege is jailed for two years - 04/03/12
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar
A gunman involved in an eight-hour 'armed siege' posted messages on Facebook saying he would kill police officers outside his house. Greg Searle, 35, was today jailed for two years for threatening police on the website after telling his 400 friends, 'I give you live murder on Facebook' at his house in Chepstow, South Wales.
Personal trainer who dubbed himself 'Danger' used Craigslist to find women for model shoots… and then ‘tortured them' - 04/03/12
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar
A personal trainer who called himself 'Danger' has been accused of using Craigslist to stalk women and 'torture' them. Dejon Miller, 35, from Hollywood, allegedly used the advertising website to recruit female models to pose for his fitness website. But when they responded he would verbally abuse them and beat them, it is claimed.
