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I couldn't make this up if I tried. . .That'll distract them for sure
Trapped thief drops trousers in bungled burglary
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091117/od_
He wiggled, jiggled and even dropped his trousers, but a thief trying to break into a supermarket in Portugal stayed stuck fast in a tiny window until he was rescued by police and the fire brigade.
"Apparently he dropped his trousers as he was trying to free himself by wiggling," Capt. Santos, local police chief in Loule in southern Portugal, told Reuters Monday.
He said the slim 22-year-old Romanian man had spent about 11 hours stuck in the window, including the two hours it took police and the fire brigade to get him out Sunday morning.
"Once he got his upper body inside, there was nothing there to find support on, so he was stuck at his waist ... It's not uncommon for thieves to get inside and then not be able to get out after a burglary, but this was quite unusual," Santos said.
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Doctor cleared of sexual harassment sues Internet provider for info on blog author - 11/23/09
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/200
A doctor cleared of sexual harassment charges has filed a lawsuit demanding an Internet provider hand over information on a blog author, saying his reputation was damaged in an online post after the ruling.
Women warned off no-strings sex sites - 11/22/09
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/w
LONELY Welsh women are turning to sordid internet sites to find no-strings thrills, Wales on Sunday can reveal.
The lovelorn browsers could become targets for stalkers and kidnappers, experts believe, as the so-called casual encounter forums could act as a magnet for dangerous predators.
Erin Andrews' lawyer to federal judge: Accused stalker preyed upon a second woman - 11/22/09
http://content.usatoday.com/communi
According to the New York Daily News, ESPN's Erin Andrews wasn't the only woman that her accused stalker preyed upon. When suspect Michael Barrett made his first appearance in federal court on Friday, Andrews' lawyer, Marshall Grossman, read parts of a five-page statement from an Arizona woman who claims the same man had stalked her, the Daily News reports.
Girl, 12, driven to suicide attempt by text messages - 11/21/09
http://suburbanjournals.stltoday.com/ar
On Tuesday a mother and her 12-year-old daughter sat on opposite ends of their living room sofa and did their best to explain to me why the daughter, a seventh grader, tried to end her life earlier this month.
Networking sites can fuel criminal obsession - 11/21/09
http://www.norwichbulletin.com/opin
Facebook, MySpace, Linkedin and Twitter have created platforms for friends, business colleagues and often strangers to connect. Users can post pictures, videos, comments and messages.
Marshwood Middle School parents told 58 of 60 kids accepted unknown Facebook friend - 11/21/09
http://www.seacoastonline.com/artic
Marshwood Middle School parents were shocked to learn from Internet expert Jayne Hitchcock Thursday evening that 58 of 60 middle school honors students accepted her as a friend on Facebook without knowing who she was.
Cyberbullying and ‘sexting’ - 11/21/09
http://hudsonreporter.com/pages/full_st
The U.S. Secret Service came to Secaucus High School/Middle School on Nov. 13 to give a presentation on “Hazards of Electonic Medium,” which included a discussion of cyberbullying, online social networking, texting, “sexting,” and online safety for young people, addressing issues that have made national headlines.
Hackers 'expose global warming con': Sceptics claim that leaked emails reveal research centre massaged temperature data - 11/21/09
http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/news/arti
One of the world’s leading climate change research centres has been accused of manipulating data on global warming after thousands of private emails and documents were leaked.
Hackers targeted the University of East Anglia’s Climatic Research Unit and published the files, including some personal messages, on the internet.
Pirates find easy new pickings in open waters of e-book publishing - 11/21/09
http://technology.timesonline.co.u
Digital pirates, who for years have tormented the music and film industries, have found a new source of plunder in e-book publishing.
With the words “dan brown lost symbol torrent” and a few clicks, anyone can download the American author’s latest bestseller free via any of hundreds of web links.
From cinema screens to illegal DVDs in the same day - 11/21/09
http://technology.timesonline.co.u
Online piracy has moved from a niche problem carried out by tech-savvy file-sharers to a mass movement, according to the music and film industries.
Paramount Pictures said that pirated versions of Star Trek were downloaded more than 5 million times in the four months after its release.
False information about minister leads to cyberstalking charge - 11/20/09
http://www.gastongazette.com/news/minis
A Mount Holly woman faces a cyberstalking charge for allegedly e-mailing false information about a minister to church leaders.
Mussolini's 'brain and blood for sale on internet' - 11/20/09
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/83711
The granddaughter of Italy's fascist dictator Benito Mussolini has said that blood and parts of his brain have been stolen to sell on the internet.
Fake medicines seized as websites are shut down - 11/20/09
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_a
The public are being warned of the dangers of buying unlicensed medicines on the internet. The alert comes as hundreds of websites are being shut down for selling fake or illicit drugs around the world.
Stalker who tricked nurse to send nude pics blames religious upbringing - 11/19/09
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/stor
A GOLD Coast radiographer who tricked a hospital nurse into sending him nude photos of herself has blamed his crime on a strict religious upbringing and an addiction to pornography.
Dangers of Technology: Cyber-bullying, stalking can have damaging effects - 11/19/09
http://www.whas11.com/news/local/Danger
These days school bullies are not like many parents remember them.
The next generation is using popular social networking sites to attack your kids.
Glassed woman tracks down attacker on Facebook - 11/19/09
http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/news/arti
When police drew a blank in the hunt for the woman thug who nearly blinded her in a vicious nightclub attack, Jennifer Wilson did not let the matter rest.
Dog abuser gets internet justice - 11/19/09
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/ne
DISGUSTED internet users joined forces yesterday to hunt down a mindless thug filmed throwing a dog off a busy bridge. The vile Lithuanian man was videoed by his pals joking that "dogs can fly" before hurling the helpless pup into a dried-up ravine.
Dubai court gets first Facebook libel case - 11/18/09
http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/c
A business partner has admitted cursing and defaming his former employee on Facebook during the first-of-its-kind trial involving the worldwide electronic social networking tool.
This is believed to be the first court hearing, which involves suspects abusing Facebook for unlawful acts, to be highlighted in the media.
Spam's new flavours - 11/18/09
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/20
When Luis von Ahn gives talks on his work fighting spam, he likes to start by asking the audience a question. "How many of you have had to fill out one of those web forms that asks you to read a distorted sequence of letters or a word?" he asks. "How many of you found that annoying?"
'So I called her dumb, blonde and decorative? That's not an insult' - 11/18/09
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/ho
Joking about dumb blondes, topless women and sex is a perfectly reasonable way to behave at work, a wealthy financier has insisted.
In Mark Lowe's high-octane world of hedge-fund management, risqué comments and e-mails about women, lady-boys and sheep are just part of the wallpaper.
When the stalker is someone you trust - 11/17/09
http://www.euroweeklynews.com/200911176
OVER the past few weeks in our Women Reclaim the Web campaign, we have learned that 80 per cent of victims of cyber-stalking are women, and many have been the victims of ex-lovers, but although it seems relationships have a lot to do with online stalking it is not always men who are the stalkers. This week, we talk to a woman who was stabbed in the back by the person who she least expected.
Facebook threat ex is a free man - 11/17/09
http://www.thisisplymouth.co.uk/news/Fa
A MAN who left abusive messages on his ex-girlfriend's Facebook page and threatened to kill her and her family has walked free from court.
Lloyd Pearce, aged 22, insulted and threatened his former partner, her mother and uncle face to face, via the social networking site, by phone and text over a month.
Rage at Claudia hoaxer - 11/17/09
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/ne
THE parents of Claudia Lawrence were shattered yesterday after a vile hoaxer posed as the missing university chef on Facebook.
Furious cops were last night hunting the sicko, who left a message on the social networking website reading: "Hi everyone - I am OK and safe and sound."
I was asked by the school not to show photos I found, even though I block out faces, so I obeyed, but I did find:
•60 were asked to be a friend of my alter ego
•58 approved my alter ego as a friend
•5 asked who I was, but 3 still approved me
•65% were boys; 35% girls
•25% list their cell phone number in their profile – this was evenly divided between boys & girls
–3 girls also listed their home phone
•65% list their AIM screen name
•All list an email address (sometimes two)
•3 boys & 1 girl listed their home address
•One girl had over 400 photos
•37% have videos
•One of the videos was taken in homeroom while students were playing basketball (no teacher in sight)
•Some also filled out surveys, revealing more info about themselves
•It didn’t matter if they put in a birthdate that wasn’t really theirs (one boy listed his as 1904) or that they already graduated from high school in 1989, it’s not that hard to find students at their school. Anyone can go to the local newspaper's web site, do a search for the school name + honor roll and come up with a list of student names, then plug those names into the search box at Facebook to ask students to be a friend.
Which is what I did.
Afterwards, I got some really good questions from the students. I don't usually get a lot, but these kids were great. Some had good comments as well. I was really pleasantly surprised.
My parent talk that night went great as well. I was happy.
This was until I went to my alter ego's FB profile when I got home to find some of the kids were on a witch hunt to find out who my alter ego was. They weren't even close. They thought it was one girl, whose photo did look photoshopped, and began harassing her on her wall. Then they found another girl and started bugging her. I actually contacted both of them on my Netcrimes FB account to let them know to just ignore, delete and block these kids. Both girls were grateful and thanked me.
I am just happy it is only a handful of students who are doing this. Which means I got through to over 500 of them.
What these kids who went on the witch hunt don't realize is that my alter ego (I have two, a boy and a girl) may not have been a girl and that alter ego may not be in their age group, or even on this side of the USA, or even in the USA. So they started attacking people they friended without doing what I suggested to them - go through your friends list and delete anyone who isn't REALLY your friend.
Of the 58 who did approve me, only four have deleted my alter ego. A bit disappointing, but not surprising. It's a big deal to have a lot of friends on FB and the more you have, the more popular you are. At least I can keep an eye on them and quite honestly, if I find something that needs to be dealt with, I will contact the school to let them know what's going on.
Let's hope my "words of wisdom" eventually get to that handful.
Mass. principal bans students from saying 'Meep!'
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_odd__meep
Who knew "Meep!" was a four-letter word? The utterance favored by bungling lab assistant Beaker of "The Muppet Show" has been banned at Danvers High School in Massachusetts after students said it to repeatedly interrupt school.
Principal Thomas Murray said the word was part of a disruption planned using Facebook.
The Salem News reports that parents recently got an automated call about "Meep!" from Murray. He warned them that students who said or displayed the word at school could be suspended.
Murray says the warning was needed because students didn't heed his "reasonable request" to stop the meeping.
Danvers High sophomore Melanie Crane says it doesn't mean anything in particular.
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Cyberbullies hit primary schools - 11/16/09
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/educ
Cyberbullying is a growing problem in primary schools, according to the Anti-Bullying Alliance.
Online gangs cashing in on swine flu - 11/16/09
http://tech.yahoo.com/news/nm/20091
Criminal gangs are making millions of dollars out of the H1N1 flu pandemic by selling fake flu drugs over the internet, a web security firm said on Monday.
Brazilian police hunt lone blogger exposing 'unfaithful' wives online - 11/15/09
http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/news/worl
Brazilian police are hunting a blogger who claims to be waging a lone crusade against unfaithful wives.
The man, from a small rural town of Lagoa da Prata, in Minas Gerais, has so far posted the name of 300 supposed cuckolds on a popular social networking site.
Trail of online suicides - 11/15/09
http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/news/59
A CHILLING series of deaths have been linked to bullying via social networking sites.
The victims - just like Matthew - were forced to endure the twin attacks of physical playground intimidation and internet threats.
Fake payslips bought on the web at the centre of mortgage fraud racket worth millions - 11/15/09
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/nov/1
All it took was a few clicks of the mouse and a payment of £35 for an Observer reporter to obtain a counterfeit payslip over the internet which would allow her to commit mortgage fraud worth hundreds of thousands of pounds.
Slaughterman executed mother with bolt gun in front of her daughters after she snubbed him on Facebook - 11/14/09
http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/news/arti
A stalker was jailed for life yesterday for murdering a mother with a bolt gun used to slaughter livestock.
Fitness instructor Mary Griffiths, 38, had been due to meet police earlier that evening but her appointment to discuss the harassment had been put off until the following morning.
TN state trooper suspended over racially charged e-mail - 11/14/09
http://www.tennessean.com/article/20091
A Tennessee state trooper has been suspended for 15 days without pay and will be required to attend diversity training after he accidentally sent an e-mail proclaiming white pride to 787 state employees.
‘I’m coming to finish you off’ – attacker makes online threats to teenage victim - 11/14/09
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/w
AN attacker has taunted his terrified victim on teenage website Bebo – saying: “I’m coming to get you.”
The youngster, 17, nearly killed schoolboy Daniel Davenport 16 months ago in a knife attack.
Spam Campaign Targets Payment Transfer System - 11/13/09
http://tech.yahoo.com/news/pcworld/2009
A new spam campaign is targeting a financial transfer system that handles trillions of dollars in transactions annually and has proved to be a fertile target of late for online fraudsters.
Fake Verizon 'balance-checker' Is a Trojan - 11/13/09
http://tech.yahoo.com/news/pcworld/2009
Cyber-criminals have started preying on Verizon Wireless customers, sending out spam e-mail messages that say their accounts are over the limit and offering them a "balance checker" program to review their payments.
Gang jailed for £600,000 NatWest internet banking fraud - 11/13/09
http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/crim
A gang of internet fraudsters have been jailed for using a sophisticated computer virus to steal £600,000 from NatWest bank customers.
Wife snares paedophile husband by posing as online schoolgirl using computer in room next door - 11/13/09
http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/news/arti
A wife posed as a schoolgirl online to catch her husband using an internet chatroom to groom underage girls for sex.
Cheryl Roberts, 61, had become concerned about the amount of time her husband David spent at his computer.
Celebrity homes Web site raises concerns - 11/12/09
http://www.statesman.com/news/content/n
Suppose you could look at the pool in back of James Cameron's Malibu estate. Or admire the ornate garden on Haim Saban's Beverly Hills mansion. Or check out the tennis court at Tiger Woods' Florida home.
Should you?
Recently arrested NIU employee has history of similar offenses - 11/12/09
http://www.northernstar.info/article/90
How NIU screens potential employees differs depending on the position applicants are seeking.
Steve Cunningham, vice president of human resources, said background checks are done on security-sensitive positions, which are defined as having contact with minors, controlled substances, weapons, and hazardous materials, and having access to the residence halls, among other things.
Social Networking and the New Workplace - 11/12/09
http://www.law.com/jsp/cc/PubArtic
You are on the phone with a colleague and suddenly you feel as though you are speaking to yourself. You hear in the background the clicking of a computer keyboard, and you realize that you've lost the other person's attention. They are surfing the Internet or, more likely, checking their Facebook or Twitter account.
MPAA Shuts Down Town's Free Muni WiFi Over 1 Download - 11/12/09
http://consumerist.com/5403592/mpaa-shu
The MPAA forced the town Coshocton, OH to shut down their entire free municipal WiFi network because of a single instance of a single user illegally downloading a copyrighted movie.
City worker frustrated over e-mail harassment - 11/12/09
http://www.ebar.com/news/article.php?se
An openly gay staffer in the San Francisco Medical Examiner's office is expressing frustration with the pace of an investigation into a harassing e-mail sent to another gay employee.
WDCA hits out at cyber sledging - 11/12/09
http://www.standard.net.au/news/local/s
WARRNAMBOOL and District Cricket Association (WDCA) is breaking new ground by threatening to suspend players, officials and clubs which intimidate or degrade opponents by online sledging.
Porn star fake identity used to get nude nurse pics - court - 11/12/09
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/stor
A RADIOGRAPHER created an internet identity using photos of a female porn star to trick a nurse into sending him raunchy photos of herself, a court has been told.
Headteacher suspends pupils after being 'cyberbullied' by Facebook group attacking her dress sense - 11/12/09
http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/news/arti
A headteacher has suspended three pupils after they set up a Facebook group attacking her dress sense.
Elizabeth Hitch was so incensed by comments on the social networking site that she threatened dozens of others at Beaumont School, St Albans, with disciplinary action.
I-Team: Former Weatherman Responds to Stalking Allegations - 11/11/09
http://www.lasvegasnow.com/Global/s
A well-known TV weathercaster says personal demons drove him to threaten a woman he met on a dating service website.
The I-Team broke the story about dozens of strange and menacing messages left by former Channel 3 Meteorologist John Fredericks -- messages which led to a report filed with Las Vegas police.
Facebook: Friend or Foe? - 11/11/09
http://www.stjamesnews.com/news/x870208
I recently read an article in the New York Times entitled “The Facebook Exodus.” Being a frequent Facebook user myself after I read the article I felt, well frankly, disturbed by it.
Family of missing woman getting threats - 11/10/09
http://www.myfoxorlando.com/dpp/news/or
In January of 2006 Drew Kesse’s daughter Jennifer Kesse vanished from her apartment near the Mall at Millenia. Now more worries for her father as police investigate death threats against him. After Jennifer Kesse disappeared, www.jenniferkesse.com was set up to help find the missing girl. For years people have posted well wishes, encouragement, even tips on where the girl might be. And every morning Drew Kesse reads the guestbook portion of the site.
The Facebook stalker - 11/10/09
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/ne
A SPURNED weirdo who sent a girl hundreds of sick Facebook messages has been branded one of Britain's worst cyber-stalkers.
Jason Smith, 23, targeted Alexandra Scarlett in an 18-month online hate campaign after she rejected him.
determinedMan provides photo for his own wanted poster
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091109/od_
A British man on the run from police sent a picture of himself to his local paper because he disliked the mugshot they had printed of him as part of a public appeal to track him down.
South Wales Police had issued media with the photo of Matthew Maynard, wanted by officers investigating a house burglary, as part of a crackdown on crime in Swansea.
When it appeared in the South Wales Evening Post, the 23-year-old sent the newspaper a replacement photo of himself standing in front of a police van. They obligingly printed it on the front page.
The police thanked him for helping them in their appeal, saying: "Everyone in Swansea will know what he looks like now."
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Radical imam praises alleged Fort Hood shooter online - 11/09/09
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091109/ap_
The personal Web site for a radical American imam living in Yemen who had contact with two 9/11 hijackers is praising alleged Fort Hood shooter Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan as a hero.
Online auction site launches for rich and famous - 11/09/09
http://tech.yahoo.com/news/nm/20091
Millionaires down on their luck now have a place to sell their mega-yachts, super-cars and family jewels without having to resort to the pawn shop.
Framed for child porn by a PC virus - 11/09/09
http://tech.yahoo.com/news/ap/20091
Of all the sinister things that Internet viruses do, this might be the worst: They can make you an unsuspecting collector of child pornography.
Cyber vandal hits police website - 11/09/09
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/engl
A computer hacker protesting over terror deaths in Pakistan has attacked the website of Durham Police, forcing it to temporarily close.
'Chilling' cyber stalker terrorised girl with Facebook death threats for two years after she refused to go out with him - 11/90/09
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art
One of Britain’s most obsessive cyber stalkers terrorised a girl on the internet for almost two years because she refused to go out with him.
NY's Cuomo settles with Tagged.com over emails - 11/09/09
http://tech.yahoo.com/news/nm/20091
New York's attorney general said the operator of Tagged.com would pay $500,000 and overhaul its practices to resolve charges that the social networking site tricked members into providing personal details to lure new members and send out tens of millions of spam emails.
Internet use in the workplace: Know legal issues when policing employees' online activity - 11/07/09
http://www.guampdn.com/article/2009
It's something new to worry about in the workplace, and it's not going to go away.
Blogging and social networking sites have transformed the way companies do business, but there are also some legal issues to be mindful of when it comes to policing the online activity of your employees and protecting your company's reputation and product, according to Meredith Sayre, a partner at Carlsmith Ball, whose practice areas include business planning, labor and employment laws.
eBay Reaches Deal With Skype Founders, Your Gabbing Is Safe - 11/06/09
http://tech.yahoo.com/news/pcworld/2009
Skype users can breathe easier, now that one of technology's greatest business blunders has been fixed. The outside chance of a Skype shutdown has gone away, messy lawsuits have been resolved, and Skype's founders are back helping run the company.
Internet Posting by Alleged Ft. Hood Killer Showed Sympathy with Suicide Bombers - 11/06/09
http://www.securitymanagement.com/n
Before entering the Ft. Hood Soldier Readiness Center and murdering 13 people12 soldiers and one civilian and wounding 30 more yesterday afternoon, the alleged killer may have already been on law enforcement radar for online postings he made, according to the Associated Press.
Cyber sticks and stones - 11/06/09
http://www.sciencealert.com.au/fea
What happens when schoolyard name-calling progresses into online harassment? With today’s adolescents now taking bullying into cyberspace, researchers are seeking ways to combat the growing issue of cyberbullying.
Teens arrested over firework killing after Facebook search - 11/09/09
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/u
Three teenagers were arrested today in connection with the death of a mother killed after a firework was pushed through her letterbox.
2,000-Year-Old Scrolls, Internet-Era Crime - 11/06/09
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/08/nyreg
Early one morning in March, the law banged on the door of an apartment on Thompson Street in Greenwich Village. Investigators had a warrant to arrest Raphael Haim Golb and seize his computer. He was caught red-handed.
Mum raped by web beast in front of son - 11/06/09
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-storie
A mum was raped in front of her young son by a man she met on the internet, police said yesterday.
The victim, 23, and her three-year-old boy were lured to the suspect's flat before she was knocked out and raped.
Dating site staff 'faked flirt messages' - 11/06/09
http://www.news.com.au/technology/s
DIRECTORS of a dating website engaged in misleading conduct when they created fake profiles and sent messages to users to flirt with them, a consumer watchdog says.
Cyber crime at all-time high, turns to social networking - 11/05/09
http://www.dailyiowan.com/2009/11/05/Me
While the Internet has opened many windows of opportunity to research, shopping and entertainment, it has also opened up the window for more crime.
According to the FBI’s annual Internet crime report, 2008 was an all-time high for cyber-crime complaints a trend continuing to grow locally, as well.
Cyber-stalkers can be found lurking in phones, computers - 11/03/09
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/l
TECHNOLOGY has helped people escape from domestic violence through online help, but the wireless world and the Internet have also helped abusers to stalk and trap their victims.
Two Beefeaters suspended for bullying first woman yeoman on Wikipedia - 11/03/09
http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/news/arti
For more than five centuries the job of guarding the Tower of London was one for men only.
So when Moira Cameron became the first female Beefeater, the grumblings from her colleagues were to be expected.
Muslim mother hid bomb manual in her burka and 'considered turning her children into human bombs' - 11/03/09
http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/news/arti
A mother of six tried to smuggle 'a mini encyclopedia of weapons making' into Britain by concealing a small computer memory stick under her burka.
The Sun gets website to call in ‘net cops’ - 11/03/09
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/ne
FACEBOOK called in web watchdogs yesterday to drive out perverts - in a victory for The Sun. We called for action after the mum of tragic Ashleigh Hall accused the site of failing to stop sex fiends using it to trawl for victims.
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A local TV station, WLBZ news crew showed up to interview me before my talk, then filmed the entire talk to edit down to a news story. I'll post when that's supposed to be online.
About 30 or so parents showed up, which was good! I am hoping they will spread the word to other parents about the talk (and I think they will). I went through cyberbullying, online predators, then did my Facebook bit where I show that my alter ego asked students to be friends. The results?
100 students were asked to be a friend of my alter ego
98 approved my alter ego as a friend
1 asked to be my friend on their own
Only 2 asked who I was but they still approved me
47 were boys; 52 were girls
48% listed their cell phone number in their profile - 58% of those were girls
4 boys and 1 girl also listed their home phone
67% listed their AIM screen name
84% listed an email address (sometimes two)
2 boys and 2 girls listed their home address
6 boys and 10 girls listed where they work
1 girl listed that she had 1,805 photos on her profile; another girl listed just over 900
What was interesting was that 10 former students asked to be my alter ego's friend, just based on the "mutual friends" we had.
One parent asked how I got the student's email addresses to ask them to be friends. I explained how you do a search for a school, get a list of current students, then click on "Add as friend" - no knowledge of any email or otherwise is needed to ask someone to be a friend on Facebook. Which led me to encourage them to get Facebook accounts and learn how to use them.
Then I showed how easy it was to find an address - one of the students didn't list a home address, but *did* list their home phone number. All I did was a reverse phone search, click on the map/directions to the house (blocking out the family's name), then a satellite photo showing the house. That drove the point home and my emphasis that even if Facebook, Myspace, etc have a spot where you can put your email address, home & cell numbers, addresses, work, interests, etc, you do not HAVE to put that info in. You put in as much as you want to. And the less "said," the better.
What I am finding is that the percentages in my results are about the same for every school I've talked at so far. No one school is "worse" than the other. And it just comes down to students being way too trusting of the "friends" they approve, a show that they have loads of "friends" and being naive, although many think they really are net-savvy.
One of the first things said at the end by a parent in the audience was if I was giving the same talk to students the next day. I said no, I was booked to speak to the parents. Many parents expressed an interest in bringing me back to speak to students - and I am hoping the school will do so!
I sold six books (yay!), which paid for the hotel room and enjoyed speaking to parents after my talk. One came up and asked that I remove their house before showing the presentation again. I explained that what I showed was for this school only and that I tailor my presentations for each school I speak at. Relief on their face.
I also mentioned that I put a lot of time into my presentations - the girl who had almost 2,000 photos? I looked at *every* photo. I must have spent three solid days going through the profiles, photos, comments, etc. Then putting the presentation together. I need a raise (ha ha)!!
Got back to my room, pleased with the turnout and wonderful questions asked, but tired. Ordered a philly cheesesteak from the hotel restaurant, at it in my room, then crashed hard. In the morning, drove the three hours home. On to the next school!!
- Mood:
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Men accused of pawning stolen items for bail cash
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091030/ap_
Two Bozeman men have been arrested on probation violations after police said they tried to pawn a truckload of stolen items to bail a friend out of jail. Helena Police Chief Troy McGee said the two 21-year-old men arrived at a pawn shop Saturday morning with about $20,000 worth of goods including bikes, televisions and tools.
The store's clerk was suspicious and called police. Officers questioned the men, who said they were trying to raise bail money for a friend. A check with Bozeman police produced no reports of burglaries matching the items.
The officers got the cell phone number from one of the men.
Less than an hour later, McGee said Bozeman police called to said they had started receiving theft reports.
Officers called the men and told them to turn themselves in. The men did and were arrested.
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Police called after online threat to Katie Price's horses - 11/02/09
http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/200
An online threat to horses belonging to Katie Price has seen the police get involved.
The threat was made on a discussion board and appeared centered around Price's relationship with Alex Reid, 34, a mixed martial arts cage-fighter.
No eternity with Marilyn as crypt auction fails again - 11/02/09
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091102/od_
A second attempt to sell a crypt on top of Marilyn Monroe's final resting place has failed, with not a single bid received for the burial spot in a celebrity-filled Los Angeles cemetery.
Online threats require change in online ‘behaviour’ - 11/01/09
http://www.itwire.com/content/view/2896
Americans, it seems, are getting the message that Internet safety and security is critical to their daily lives but many still need to employ safer cyber 'hygiene' and apply better ‘online behaviour’ to meet the threats of today that permeate the online environment.
Libel tourists flock to 'easy' UK courts - 11/01/09
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/u
An Icelandic professor has emerged as the latest victim of “libel tourism” in Britain after he was sued in the High Court by a wealthy compatriot for a posting on a website based in Iceland.
Woman who cried rape after sex with man she met online is jailed for nine months - 11/01/09
http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/news/arti
A woman who posted explicit photographs of herself on the web and then falsely claimed a man she met online had raped her has been jailed for nine months
E-mail threatens Cortez library staff - 11/01/09
http://durangoherald.com/sections/N
A Montezuma County teen-ager will face criminal charges for threatening, via e-mail, to kill a Cortez librarian during a library fundraising event at the Cortez Journal office.
The 16-year-old boy sent the message Oct. 15 from a Cortez Public Library computer to a staff member at the library. The e-mail explained the youth's plan to murder the library's director, Joanie Howland, during Library Libations at the Journal.
Book pirates advance in £5bn war of the internet - 11/01/09
http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/money/art
The stakes are high. On one side are the internet pirates who are offering digital copies of the latest bestsellers such as Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol for free. On the other are the authors and publishers who are determined to stop the £5 billion-a-year UK books market going the way of the music industry, which has seen revenues halve as a result of illegal downloads.
Mystery of Argleton, the 'Google' town that only exists online - 10/31/09
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/g
Argleton, a 'phantom town' in Lancashire that appears on Google Maps and online directories but doesn't actually exist, has puzzled internet experts.
NJ telemarketer admits role in big Internet scam - 10/30/09
http://tech.yahoo.com/news/ap/2009
A former telemarketing company official admitted Friday that he scammed small businesses out of millions of dollars by duping them into paying for Internet services without their consent.
Cyber parenting and the law: Teen's text-threat conviction thrown out - 10/30/09
http://www.examiner.com/x-24604-Sacrame
According to the Sacramento Bee today, the 3rd District Court of Appeals in Sacramento threw out the text-threat and obscenity conviction of a Chico teen who was trying to get a rise out of his ex-girlfriend as he texted her threats to take a gun to school, kill a lot of people and then himself right in front of her. He had also been convicted of an obscenity charge stemming from words in a separate text to this ex-girlfriend.
Satanist uses MySpace to feed desire for teen girls - 10/30/09
http://www.news.com.au/technology/s
A SATANIST obsessed with teenage schoolgirls invented a fake gothic society online to groom them for sex in the grounds of Sydney's Rookwood Cemetery.
Daniel William Peckham, 24, lured at least three girls, aged from 13 to 17, into the cemetery on his MySpace blog, "Rookwood Gothic Society".
Gang Initiation E-mail Hoax Spreads Fear - 10/29/09
http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/loca
Kelene Bolden, of East Hartford, was surprised by the text message she got on Wednesday. It read, “Gang initiation starts today from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. They are planning to kill any female on the street. Pass the word.”
Sexting -- Your Kids May Be Doing It - 10/29/09
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-jon-la
According to a recent study, about one in five teenagers have electronically distributed provocative pictures of themselves that could land them in jail. A joint survey by Cosmogirl.com and The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy found that 19% of teenagers answered "yes" when asked if they had ever "sent a nude or semi-nude picture/video" of themselves to someone via email, cell phone, etc.
UConn Student Charged With Internet Threats In Stabbing Probe - 10/28/09
http://www.courant.com/sports/uconn-foo
A University of Connecticut freshman from Wethersfield faces a host of charges in connection with comments he posted on Internet message boards that threatened potential witnesses to the slaying of UConn football player Jasper "Jazz" Howard, police said Thursday.
Facebook killing: First photo of suspect - 10/28/09
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/ne
THIS is the first picture of the sex offender charged with killing a teenage girl he met on Facebook.
Peter Chapman led cops to the body of Ashleigh Hall after he was arrested for minor motoring offences earlier this week.
Mom Accused Of Craigslist Revenge On 9-Year-Old - 10/28/09
http://wcbstv.com/local/craigslist.s
A Long Island mother is accused of posting a sexually suggestive ad on Craigslist urging older men to call a little girl in a twisted case of alleged revenge.
Social worker Margery Tannenbaum, of Hauppauge, is facing aggravated harassment and endangering the welfare of a child charges after allegedly giving sex-seeking men a 9-year old child's name phone number through the online posting.
Female teacher arrested over Japanese 'serial killings' - 10/28/09
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldne
A female Japanese teacher has been arrested on suspicion of defrauding and murdering a number of lonely men she met on the internet.
The woman, who has not been officially named, is accused of befriending her victims before persuading them to give her large amounts of money and then killing them.
Police believe a serial killer is responsible for the deaths of as many as six men, all disguised as suicides or accidents.
A fraudster called King Con, his claim to be the DPP and a string of women who fell for his charm - 10/27/09
http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/news/arti
His many convincing charades have included spells as a hospital consultant, army officer, ballet dancer, earl and merchant banker.
Yet master conman Paul Bint excelled even his own standards by posing as the Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starmer QC.
Man ordering food called a zombie, punched twice
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091025/ap_
Iowa City police are investigating an early morning assault in which a man accused another of being a zombie, then punched him twice. Police said the assault occurred at 1:17 a.m. Sunday at an Iowa City restaurant south of the University of Iowa campus.
A man was ordering food when he was approached by another man who called him a zombie, then hit him in the eye. When the victim tried to call police on his cell phone, the man punched him again, breaking his nose.
The man then ran out a back door.
The victim was taken by ambulance to a hospital.
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Online Threat Case Settled - 10/26/09
http://www.thecrimson.com/article.a
Four years after derogatory material was posted about them in an online law school discussion forum, two former Yale Law students have reached a settlement in their case against about two dozen anonymous online posters.
Employee Internet use can be both beneficial and detrimental - 10/26/09
http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/-/53
For many employees, email and the Web are indispensable business tools.
When you give your employees internet access, you give them a resource that has the potential to reap enormous business benefits.
But it also has enormous potential to be misused and – in some instances – that misuse can be damaging for the business.
Experts: Internet bullying on the rise - 10/25/09
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepubli
For hours, friends and family members thought Debbie Lee was going to commit suicide.
"Debbie Lee has realized her life is a lie and that her only friend is the handgun in the back of my closet," read one August Facebook post. There were dozens of others posted over nearly three hours.
'Let's Kill Berlusconi' Facebook group investigated by police - 10/24/09
http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/news/worl
Prosecutors are investigating several Facebook 'hate' groups set up against controversial Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi - including one that calls for his death.
Teenager who faked online suicide with ketchup faces police charges in U.S. - 10/23/09
http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/news/worl
A teenager who put ketchup on his arms and faked his suicide on a live video website has been charged.
New York state police received several calls on Tuesday night about a young man allegedly broadcasting a suicide attempt over the internet.
Police: Witnesses To UConn Killing Threatened Online - 10/23/09
http://www.courant.com/news/breakin
University of Connecticut police say witnesses to the killing of football player Jasper Howard are being threatened with violence if they come forward with evidence.
Bullying calls, texts are illegal - 10/23/09
http://media.www.kentnewsnet.com/me
Today's technology allows people to communicate their discontent differently than in the traditional face-to-face situation, said Christopher Jenkins, lieutenant of investigations for the Kent State police.
Telecommunication harassment, which used to be called telephone harassment, involves any harassment by means of landline, cell phone, text, voicemails or e-mails - in other words, harassment through technology, Jenkins said.
Gautier man charged with cyberstalking - 10/23/09
http://www.sunherald.com/local/story/16
Jackson County sheriff’s investigators this week arrested Vincent Salvador Drummond, 48, of Gautier and charged him with cyberstalking in connection with the use of cellphone texting.
Drummond was charged as the result of an investigation into several cases of “repeated harassing and threatening electronic communications,” sheriff’s investigators said Friday.
Phishers Dangle Some Brand-New Bait - 10/23/09
http://tech.yahoo.com/news/pcworld/2009
In September 2009, some unlucky visitors at the New York Times Web site clicked on an ad that attempted to install malware. The advertisement displayed a popup window informing readers that their computer might be infected with a virus; only by purchasing a new antivirus product could they be sure of having a clean system.
Online allegations spawn lawsuit by Wilmington mayoral candidate - 10/22/09
http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/2
Wilmington mayoral candidate Paul Knight filed a lawsuit Thursday against an unidentified person who posted negative comments about him on StarNews online forums. The suit, filed in New Hanover County Superior Court, seeks at least $50,000 in compensatory damages and $50,000 in punitive damages for each statement. The defendant is identified in the lawsuit as “John Doe aka sandy.brown.realtor,” the online user name of the person who wrote the statements about Knight.
Police: Va. Tech gets online threat - 10/22/09
http://www.wavy.com/dpp/news/virginia/v
Virginia Tech police are investigating threats of another mass shooting at the university in a YouTube posting.
Parents had a right to know about threat - 10/22/09
http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/index.c
Parents of students at Charlottetown Rural who criticized school officials recently for not notifying them about an online threat of a school shooting were right to speak up. They had a right to know. After all, it's ultimately their right to decide whether to keep their children home from school.
Students susceptible to social network threats - 10/22/09
http://media.www.thenichollsworth.com/m
Two or three students report being the victim of cyber stalking or restraining order violations through social networking Web sites, e-mail or cell phones each semester according to University Police.
Consider what you post - 10/22/09
http://media.www.asuherald.com/media/st
Facebook, Twitter and MySpace are incredibly popular among people in high school and college; that is no question.
We are into the social scene and we want to be in constant contact with our friends and want to make new ones.
Hacking Voicemails Lands Jealous PR Guru in Court - 10/22/09
http://www.switched.com/2009/10/22/hack
Whether they were stalking us on MySpace from a secret account, drunkenly crashing our birthday parties, or just texting and calling 200 times a day for three months straight, we've all got our share of crazy exes. But those stories would pale in comparison to the tales that the exes of Ali Wise would tell.
Treat Textual Harassment Like Other Harassment, HR Advises - 10/22/09
http://hrnewsnow.com/?p=632
Textual harassment is on the rise, according to the July 20, 2009, issue of The National Law Journal, citing recent court cases around the United States.
Textual harassment involves sending offensive or inappropriate text messages. “The most prominent cases have involved male bosses who have sent scandalous texts to female employees, asking them out on dates or promising promotions in exchange for sexual favors,” the Journal reports.
Norton: Social networking sites are 'torture' - 10/22/09
http://breakingnews.iol.ie/entertainmen
Edward Norton thinks social networking sites are like "torture".
Unlike many other celebrities, the 'Leaves of Grass' actor has never written an internet blog because he hates the idea of people cyber stalking him.
Police: Gang Threat Against Woman Is E-Mail Hoax - 10/21/09
http://cbs2chicago.com/local/gang.threa
An e-mail claiming that Chicago gang members plan to kill women as a part of initiation is a hoax, police say.
The e-mail, which has been circulating for at least the past week, claims that gang initiation starts on Wednesday, Oct. 21. The e-mail claims that gang members plan to kill 140 women in total, and that women will be targeted around the Chicago area.
Could you be a stalker's next victim? - 10/21/09
http://www.mirror.co.uk/life-style/r
Following a shocking report into the problem of stalking, we look at how police deal with the crime and how in one woman's case, they ended years of abuse from a stranger.
Cost of cyber crime reaches £390m - 10/21/09
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wale
Businesses have been warned that internet crime is costing Wales around £390m a year.
The revelation comes as about 400 business leaders and experts gather for a summit to tackle the growing problem.
Internet opens a door for predators - 10/20/09
http://www.sharonherald.com/local/local
Since there have been adults and children, there have probably been adults who prey on children, said Nils Frederiksen, deputy press secretary for the state Attorney General.
Dear stalkers, stop requesting sex over facebook - 10/20/09
http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyl
Dear Stalkers:
Since I started writing this blog, I‘ve come to accept that some of you out there in internet-land aren’t entirely normal. You seem to think that because I write about my sexual encounters with new acquaintances at swingers parties that I will be wooed by your sexual requests via Facebook as a kind of gratitude for friending me or reading my blogs.
A Caddo parish constable says an 11-year-old girl used a cell phone to threaten to murder a girl. - 10/20/09
http://arklatexhomepage.com/content/ful
The mother of the victim reached out to NBC 6 news reporter Karen Hopkins. It's a story you'll see only on Nbc 6. But first, we want to warn you, what you are about to hear may be disturbing.
I had asked Chris Gibson, the Tech guy from Kents Hill who booked me, if I could bring Phoebe. She's still been depressed about Bandit dying and it turns out the Kents Hill school mascot is a Husky! He said yes, but she'd have to stay in the car for my student talk. Cool beans!
So Phoebe and I left home at 730 am, listened to Jonathan Kellerman's latest book "Evidence" and arrived at Kents Hill at 930 am. Walked w/Chris to the new auditorium to set up my laptop and we chatted for a bit before students came in.
At a little after 10 am, I began my talk. I start with cyberbullying, online predators (I show a short video of a teen girl who ran off w/a 56-year-old man she met online), then get into the social networking sites, especially Facebook.
And that's when I show them what I found when they approved my alter ego as a friend. Photos of them drinking alcohol, giving the finger, and other fun stuff.
This is what I found:
66 students were asked to be a friend of my alter ego
40 approved my alter ego as a friend within ONE day
10 asked who I was, but 7 still approved me
7 asked to add me as a friend (on their own without a request) for a total of 69
65% were boys; 35% girls
32% listed their cell phone number - 75% of those were boys
9 boys also listed their home phone
55% listed their AIM screen name
63% listed an email address (sometimes two)
4 boys listed their home address
7 boys and 1 girl listed where they work
It's so hard to get through their heads sometimes that what they post online does NOT go away, even if they delete it. If they make a mistake now and remove it, it most likely can and will be found and used against them.
The only question I got at the end was "Who is your alter ego?" Like I'm gonna tell them! No other questions. You could tell they were thinking about how many of their 900 or so "friends" they really did know and if they had posted something they should remove quickly.
Chris was pleased - yay! We walked to my car to get Phoebe, walked her around to let her go pee, then went to the library to see if any students came by to talk privately with me. One girl came up to pet Phoebe and did talk a bit - she was very sweet. I gave her a Girl Force book (http://www.mygirlforce.com). More students came by to pet Phoebe and talk. One boy just totally opened up and basically told me a lot about his life. I swear, Phoebe gets people to open up. I am seriously thinking of getting her trained to be a therapy dog!
After the library, we got in the car to drive to the dining hall and I left Phoebe in the car while we ate lunch with some staff, then went into an adjoining room for a Technology Committee meeting with more staff. One student showed up for that meeting and he asked some great questions. So did the staff. I was encouraged because they were asking and really listening!
Chris and I walked to the school bookstore, where they let me pick out a sweatshirt with the Kents Hill Huskies logo on it. I ended up getting a fleece-lined gray zip up hoodie. Warm and cozy!
Phoebe and I left for home at about 130 pm and I was happy with the day. Long, but fruitful, I think!!!!
- Mood:
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sadPolice stop driver for 15 violations in 11 minutes
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091019/ap_
GOSSAU, Switzerland – Authorities say an Italian man took reckless driving to new heights in 11 frantic minutes of traffic violations in eastern Switzerland.
They say they first spotted the 47-year-old driver as he sped his jeep past an unmarked police car at 160 kph (100 mph) in a rainstorm Sunday.
Driving dangerously close to other cars on the autobahn, he then allegedly ignored police attempts to pull him over first with a stop sign, and then with flashing lights and sirens.
Police say the man drove through a construction zone at 140 kmh (87 mph), nearly twice the speed limit, before being stopped.
They seized the man's driver's license, and a judge ordered him tested for medications and illegal drugs.
Police said Monday the man racked up 15 traffic violations in 11 minutes.
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Dreamworks Bans Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz from Twitter - 10/19/09
http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2
Something about celebrities combined with Twitter is just a magnet for headlines and mass media attention. Perhaps it is because our society has an unhealthy obsession with celebrities, and Twitter (and really just social media in general) is turning the web as we know it into a never-ending "stream" of information.
Alex Wildman - a teenaged boy who just had enough - 10/19/09
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/a
"NO child deserves to live in fear."
That is the message Alex Wildman's sisters chose to place on top of a collage of photos of their late brother.
It sits at the front of the Coroner's Court in Ballina - a reminder of the relentless bullying that drove the 14-year-old to take his own life.
Cyberbullying-increasing form of harassment-what parents should know - 10/18/09
http://www.examiner.com/x-25812-NY-L
Most of us may have experienced or witnessed some type of bullying in our lifetime. Bullying is no longer just the shakedown of kids of their lunch money during school hours. The act of kids bullying one another is not a new safety concern for parents, but cyberbulling is.
Adopt an anti-harassment policy and planbefore workplace malice gets out of hand - 10/18/09
http://www.businessmanagementdaily.c
Do you know exactly how you should respond to a sexual or racial harassment complaint? If you don’t, now is a good time to come up with a strategybefore you have to implement it.
Fake checks from Internet bounce woman into court - 10/18/09
http://www.romesentinel.com/news?ne
After twice receiving fake checks from someone she had met on the Internet, 37-year-old Terri Schwartz was told to bring any more checks straight to the police.
She didn’t. Schwartz, of 418 Ann St., pleaded guilty before City Court Judge Daniel C. Wilson Wednesday to attempted petty larceny, reduced from attempted grand larceny. Her case was adjourned for sentencing to Nov. 25.
Horse guard's depraved - 10/18/09
http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/news/55
A QUEEN'S Cavalry officer is today exposed as an internet pervert who hosts orgies in his royal barracks flat
By day Captain Tari Mundawarara proudly leads the Changing of the Guard as hundreds of tourists watch on Horse Guards parade.
Private medical records for sale: Harley Street clinic patients' files outsourced for computer input - and end up on black market - 10/18/09
http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/news/arti
The confidential medical records of patients treated at one of Britain’s top private hospitals have been illegally sold to undercover investigators.
Hundreds of files containing intimate details of patients’ conditions, home addresses and dates of birth are being offered for as little as £4 each.
Clash of schools, blogs raises free-speech issues - 10/17/09
http://www.indystar.com/article/2009101
A college student and a high school teacher may have pushed the limits of cyber-commentary by lashing out at their schools via the Internet.
Butler University is suing Jess Zimmerman, alleging libel and defamation. Beth Guthrie's Web criticisms have caused such an uproar that Lawrence Township Schools Superintendent Concetta Raimondi has posted a response on the district's Web site.
Warning over 'war-zone' e-mails - 10/17/09
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/engl
Bogus e-mails purporting to be from service personnel serving in conflicts around the world have been sent to a number of people in the South West.
3rd Circuit Rejects Online Activists' Free-Speech Defense of Attacks on Animal Testing Firm - 10/16/09
http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1
The First Amendment does not insulate animal rights activists from criminal liability when they use an Internet Web site to orchestrate a campaign of harassment, cyberattacks, vandalism and destruction of property, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled.
Bully Web Site Lands Missouri Teen in Jail - 10/16/09
http://www.switched.com/2009/10/16/bull
Cyber-bullying has become a major issue around the world. Teens across the U.S. and across the pond in Europe find themselves constantly faced with this new form of harassment. But if we had to pick one place as the epicenter of this disturbing new trend it would be Missouri.
Legally Speaking: You've Been Served -- Without Ever Leaving the Computer - 10/15/09
http://www.setexasrecord.com/argum
When most people think of being served with legal documents, they picture the process server knocking at the door, literally the bearer of bad news.
Popular culture has perpetuated the image of the process server as someone who resorts to trickery and even disguises in order to catch their elusive prey - those who are desperately hoping to evade being served with, say, divorce papers or a summons announcing that they've been sued for millions of dollars.
The Net's Most Heinous Hoaxes - 10/15/09
http://tech.yahoo.com/news/pcworld/2009
Most online hoaxes are mildly annoying, and a few are hilarious. But propagating a false AMBER Alert over Twitter? Plastering an epilepsy forum with flashing images? Not cool. We'll take a look at some of the Web's most heinous hoaxes over the years, and sprinkle in a handful of amusing ones.
'Happy splashing' driver could face prosecution for 'deliberately soaking children with puddles... and posting video on YouTube' - 10/15/09
http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/news/arti
This is the moment a motorist takes part in a new craze dubbed 'happy splashing' - filming herself as she drives through a puddle to soak pedestrians.
Reckless Kerry Callard, 29, is heard howling with laughter as she powers through a puddle to soak schoolchildren waiting for a bus.
Stalkers using e-mail, texting to reach victims - 10/14/09
http://www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJ
It had gotten to the point where walking the dog filled her with terror.
For Anne, an attractive 46-year-old mother of two grown children, life had become a frightening exercise; she never knew when her ex-boyfriend would be watching her, or sending her a threatening text message.
Schenectady man arrested for stalking - 10/14/09
http://www.cbs6albany.com/news/sta
New York State Police at Guilderland arrested a Schenectady man for third degree stalking and second degree aggrivated harassment after a year-long investigation into his alleged Internet stalking.
Facebook threat disrupts Charlottetown school - 10/14/09
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2
Charlottetown Rural High School operated under heightened security Wednesday, a day after a shooting threat appeared on Facebook.
Although the school was locked down, according to police, classes continued as usual.
Colon cleanser sold on dead mom's Facebook page - 10/14/09
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2
Shelby Breimer couldn't believe it when she found out her dead mother was promoting colon cleanser on Facebook.
Breimer, 15, said someone hijacked her mom's account.
Fraud fugitive in Facebook trap - 10/14/09
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/830
A man on the run, wanted for fraud by US authorities, inadvertently revealed where he was hiding through a series of extravagant Facebook updates.
£600,000 internet fraud gang faces jail - 10/14/09
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/cr
A gang of internet fraudsters was facing jail today for using a sophisticated computer virus to steal £600,000 from bank customers.
Once the "malicious software" had infected their computers, it waited until users logged on to accounts, checked they had enough money and then insinuated itself into on-line cash transfer procedures.
Founder Of FlyersRights Says Delta Hacked Her Email Account - 10/14/09
http://consumerist.com/5381875/fou
Kate Hanni, the founder of the passenger advocacy group FlyersRights.org, has filed a lawsuit against Delta Airlines in which she claims they hacked her email account and acquired personal email messages sent between her, some journalists, and a guy who was at the time working for Metron, a company hired by the FAA to investigate Delta.
Scrabble, the Mafia and burglars: Facebook’s top ten legal battles - 10/14/09
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/techn
With news today that an alleged stalker has been arrested for “poking” her victim on Facebook, we look at ten other occasions where the social networking website has had a brush with the law.
Internet lover tells court of shock arrest over murder bid - 10/14/09
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/cr
A man whose internet girlfriend allegedly tried to kill her husband told a court today he was "taken aback" when he was arrested for the same offence just an hour after meeting her for the first time.
Wife 'lured husband to woods for drug-fuelled sex... then slit his throat so she could meet internet lover for first time' - 10/13/09
http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/news/arti
A poet lured her husband into woodland for a drug-fuelled sex session and then slit his throat, a court was told yesterday.
Joanne Hale, 39, left him for dead so she could see a man she had met on the internet, a jury heard.
