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Related News: Discovery Middle School band director, son arrested

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One new article link has been added to our Related News page. WSFA published an article titled Discovery Middle School band director, son arrested.

Madison Police said Discovery Middle School’s Band Director John Nash was arrested for failing to report his 24-year-old son John “Bradley” Nash – a volunteer with the band – was involved in an inappropriate relationship with a 15-year-old student.

School officials at Discovery Middle School reported a possible inappropriate relationship with the student and Bradley to authorities on June 28. Officials said Bradley’s father was also notified of the relationship prior to the arrest, but failed to report the incident to authorities under the strict Alabama mandatory reporting law.

Source: WSFA

Related News: Suspects Broke Into Homes Of Facebook Friends Who Posted Out-Of-Town Information

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One new article link has been added to our Related News page. WFMY published an article titled Suspects Broke Into Homes Of Facebook Friends Who Posted Out-Of-Town Information.

Anderson, SC– Investigators say a woman and a man broke into the homes of her Facebook friends after finding out they were out of town by their posts on the social networking site.

Source: WFMY

Related News: Facebook’s new ‘Find Friends Nearby’ feature: Creepy or clever?

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One new article link has been added to our Related News page. MSNBC published an article titled Facebook’s new ‘Find Friends Nearby’ feature: Creepy or clever?.

The feature is incredibly convenient if you happen to be chatting with someone in person and want to add him as a Facebook friend. Rather than tapping out his name and wasting minutes scrolling through a list of similarly named individuals, you can just ask your new pal to open up the Find Friends Nearby page and add him with a quick tap.

Opening up the Find My Friends page, while convenient, also exposes you to potential awkward or creepy moments. There is always a chance that someone you are avoiding or not interested in interacting with  will happen to have the same page open — and spot your name. He or she would instantly know that you are nearby and quickly view the public information on your Facebook profile.

Source: MSNBC

Related News: Acxiom Corp: The ‘faceless organization that knows everything about you’

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One new article link has been added to our Related News page. The Week published an article titled Acxiom Corp: The ‘faceless organization that knows everything about you’.

“If you are an American adult,” says Singer, “the odds are that it knows things like your age, race, sex, weight, height, marital status, education level, politics, buying habits, household health worries, vacation dreams — and on and on.” It does more than collect that information, though. It uses it to pigeonhole people into one of 70 very specific socioeconomic clusters in an attempt to predict how they’ll act, what they’ll buy, and how companies can persuade them to buy their products. It gathers its data trove from public records, surveys you’ve filled out, your online behavior, and other disparate sources of information, then sells it to banks, retailers, and other buyers.

Source: The Week

Related News: New La. law: Sex offenders must list status on Facebook, other social media

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One new article link has been added to our Related News page. CNN published an article titled New La. law: Sex offenders must list status on Facebook, other social media.

A new Louisiana law requires sex offenders and child predators to state their criminal status on their Facebook or other social networking page, with the law’s author saying the bill is the first of its kind in the nation.

State Rep. Jeff Thompson, a Republican from Bossier City, Louisiana, says his new law, effective August 1, will stand up to constitutional challenge because it expands sex offender registration requirements, common in many states, to include a disclosure on the convicted criminal’s social networking sites as well.

Source: CNN

Related News: Florida internet sex sting nets Dothan man

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One new article link has been added to our Related News page. The Dothan Eagle published an article titled Florida internet sex sting nets Dothan man.

A Dothan man faces Florida felony charges in connection to an undercover internet sex sting investigation dubbed Operation Riptide.

According to Ruth Corley, a spokesperson for the Bay County Sheriff’s Office in Florida, investigators arrested a dozen people as part of the operation, which included Antonio Emanuel. Investigators charged Emanuel, 21, of East Saunders Road, with traveling to meet a minor for sexual activity and soliciting a child via the internet.

Source: Dothan Eagle

Related News: Facebook acquires facial recognition startup, may broaden tagging ability

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One new article link has been added to our Related News page. Ars Technica published an article titled Facebook acquires facial recognition startup, may broaden tagging ability.

On Monday, Facebook announced that it would acquire Israeli startup Face.com for an undisclosed amount.

Face.com develops a mobile face recognition platform that can be used in various online and smartphone apps. The implications for how this could affect use on the world’s largest social network are huge—it may soon become even easier for mobile phone users to tag people, blurring the line between the physical and online worlds even further.

Source: Ars Technica

Related News: Facebook Wants Your Phone Number

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One new article link has been added to our Related News page. Gizmodo published an article titled Facebook Wants Your Phone Number.

As part of a new security initiative, Facebook wants your phone number. It claims that it will help you recover your account in the event of an emergency—but should you hand it over?

Source: Gizmodo

Related News: 18 rescued in child pornography raids, feds say

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One new article link has been added to our Related News page. CNN published an article titled 18 rescued in child pornography raids, feds say.

Eighteen victims of child pornography were rescued during a nationwide sweep by federal law enforcement agencies, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced Friday.

Source: CNN