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Related News: Google Sets Plan to Sell Users’ Endorsements

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One new article link has been added to our Related News page. The New York Times published an article titled Google Sets Plan to Sell Users’ Endorsements.

On Friday, Google announced an update to its terms of service that allows the company to include adult users’ names, photos and comments in ads shown across the Web, based on ratings, reviews and posts they have made on Google Plus and other Google services like YouTube.

When the new ad policy goes live Nov. 11, Google will be able to show what the company calls shared endorsements on Google sites and across the Web, on the more than two million sites in Google’s display advertising network, which are viewed by an estimated one billion people.

Source: The New York Times

Related News: Facebook removes a privacy setting you might have been using

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One new article link has been added to our Related News page. NBC News published an article titled Facebook removes a privacy setting you might have been using.

Facebook has removed a certain privacy setting from the accounts of “a small percentage of people” still using it: from now on, there is no way to prevent your Timeline from coming up when someone searches for you by name. But it’s not as dire as it sounds.

The setting allowed a user to control whether their name would appear when other users typed it into the search box. For instance, if Bob Smith set it to “no one,” (as opposed to “friends of friends” for instance) his profile wouldn’t appear when others searched for “Bob Smith” (although other Bob Smiths might).

Source: NBC News

Related News: Saraland man accused of sexually abusing child, making child pornography

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One new article link has been added to our Related News page. AL.com published an article titled Saraland man accused of sexually abusing child, making child pornography.

A 34-year-old man turned himself in to authorities Monday after Saraland police say he had inappropriate contact with a young child and produced child pornography.

Police started looking into William Scott Cunningham, of Saraland, during an Internet Crimes Against Children investigation, said Cpl. Arlan Gaines, public information officer for the Saraland Police Department. The program is funded through federal grants and aimed at catching online sex predators.

Source: AL.com

Related News: 4 dead in triple-murder suicide pact linked to child porn probe, police say

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One new article link has been added to our Related News page. CNN published an article titled 4 dead in triple-murder suicide pact linked to child porn probe, police say.

In a mystery straddling two states, three men and a woman were found dead of shotgun blasts in north Alabama after two of them were targeted in a Tennessee child pornography investigation, police say.

It’s being called a triple murder-suicide pact, as it appears the shooter killed his sister, former brother-in-law and friend before turning the 12-gauge on himself.

It’s unclear why they were in Alabama and why two of the four chose to take part in the pact.

Source: CNN

Related News: Eufaula man charged with having sex with minor

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One new article link has been added to our Related News page. WSFA published an article titled Eufaula man charged with having sex with minor.

The Barbour County Sheriff’s Dept. says it has arrested a suspect and charged him with rape and sodomy for allegedly having a sexual relationship with a child.

Source: WSFA

Related News: Calif. Gov. Brown signs anti-revenge porn bill

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One new article link has been added to our Related News page. MSN published an article titled Calif. Gov. Brown signs anti-revenge porn bill.

California Gov. Jerry Brown on Tuesday signed a bill outlawing so-called revenge porn and levying possible jail time for people who post naked photos of their exes after bitter breakups.

Senate Bill 255, which takes effect immediately, makes it a misdemeanor to post identifiable nude pictures of someone else online without permission with the intent to cause emotional distress or humiliation. The penalty is up to six months in jail and a $1,000 fine.

Source: MSN

Related News: 80-year-old man gets 10 years for child molestation

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One new article link has been added to our Related News page. The Dothan Eagle published an article titled 80-year-old man gets 10 years for child molestation.

An 80-year-old Dothan man received a 10-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to molesting a 7-year-old Ozark girl.

Assistant Houston County District Attorney Banks Smith said Devon Burlingham, of South Appletree Street, pleaded guilty to a felony sex abuse of a child under the age of 12 charge. As part of the plea agreement Burlingham received a 10-year prison sentence.

Source: Dothan Eagle

Related News: Arrest made in Miss Teen USA ‘Sextortion photos’ case

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One new article link has been added to our Related News page. WTVR published an article titled Arrest made in Miss Teen USA ‘Sextortion photos’ case.

A college student was arrested Thursday for allegedly hijacking the webcams of young women — among them reigning Miss Teen USA Cassidy Wolf — taking nude images, then blackmailing his victims to send him more explicit material or else be exposed.

Source: WTVR

Related News: Lawsuit alleging Gmail ads are “wiretapping” gets judge’s OK

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One new article link has been added to our Related News page. Ars Technica published an article titled Lawsuit alleging Gmail ads are “wiretapping” gets judge’s OK.

It’s widely understood that the ads Google puts in Gmail are based on the content of e-mails. The millions of Gmail users presumably accept the company’s promise that “no humans read your e-mail.”

Despite that, a lawsuit claiming that Google’s practice violates pre-Internet anti-wiretapping laws will be going forward. Lawyers representing non-Gmail users of various stripes in a class-action lawsuit say their clients never agreed to have their e-mails intercepted and scanned by Google. They argue that Google’s “interception” of those e-mails violates federal anti-wiretapping laws and state privacy laws. And today, US District Judge Lucy Koh agreed with them, refusing to grant Google’s motion to dismiss the case.

Source: Ars Technica

Related News: School officials resign after allegedly sending racist, sexist texts

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One new article link has been added to our Related News page. CNN published an article titled School officials resign after allegedly sending racist, sexist texts.

“The racist and sexist language expressed by the two men was sickening and obviously unacceptable,” board President J. Neil Campbell said in a written statement. “The board followed state and federal laws and moved as expeditiously as possible while simultaneously cooperating with the district attorney.”

Chester County District Attorney Tom Hogan said the messages came to light as part of an existing unrelated investigation. In addition to the racist and sexist elements, he said, the messages had references to possible money-skimming.

Source: CNN