One new article link has been added to our Related News page. WSFA published an article titled Ex-pastor sentenced in Alabama child porn case.
Cannon pleaded guilty in April to possession and distribution of child pornography. He admitted he posted child pornography on various Facebook profiles, using his own and fake names. Court records indicated that Cannon used 13 phony accounts.
Source: WSFA
One new article link has been added to our Related News page. WSFA published an article titled Dothan man arrested for raping victim at knifepoint in Enterprise.
The victim in the case stated she met Mueller online through a social media website. She admitted to giving Mueller her address during an online conversation.
Source: WSFA
One new article link has been added to our Related News page. AL.com published an article titled Tornado cleanup worker from Maryland charged with raping teen in Guntersville.
Investigator Doug Ware says Clatterbuck met the girl over the Internet and encouraged her to come with him to Alabama.
Source: AL.com
One new article link has been added to our Related News page. WSFA published an article titled Facebook shuts down high school “slam page”.
At one point boasting nearly 450 followers, an anonymous user bashed students on the page–alleging sexual promiscuity, then asking for users to “Like” comments before they started naming names.
Source: WSFA
One new article link has been added to our Related News page. al.com published an article titled Alabama sex trafficking victim leads to arrest of Atlanta drag performer.
Officials in Douglas County, Georgia, have broken up what they say was a case of “trafficking human beings for the purpose of sexual servitude” believed to have involved child victims from Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina.
The children were lured through social networking sites, put in a dependent situation, then forced to perform sexual favors if they wanted to leave, authorities told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Source: al.com
Six new article links have been added to our Related News page:
New privacy concerns for Facebook over phone numbers, addresses (January 17, 2011, Ars Technica)
Cops: Teen girl killed on Facebook-arranged date (January 17, 2011, MSNBC)
Mom accused of playing on Facebook while baby died (January 14, 2011, MSNBC)
Are We Too Obsessed With Facebook? [INFOGRAPHIC] (January 13, 2011, Mashable.com)
Cops: Woman raped boy, 13, she met online (January 7, 2011, MSNBC)
Teen faces felony charges for cyber bullying (December 21, 2010, WSFA)
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Cyber bullying pushes many teens over the edge (November 16, 2010, WSFA)
Facebook, Twitter fail latest security assessment (November 5, 2010, SC Magazine)
Alabama Computer Forensics Institute 