One new article link has been added to our Related News page. MSNBC published an article titled Deleted by your friends? That’s life on Facebook now.
Facebook is apparently getting a lot more unfriendly.
Users are getting a lot more selective, deleting comments, photo tags and even friends at a record rate, according to a new study released Friday by the Pew Internet and American Life Project.
Source: MSNBC
One new article link has been added to our Related News page. CNN published an article titled California teacher pleads not guilty in student ‘bondage’ case.
The law enforcement probe began when investigators found “over 40 photographs depicting children in a school classroom, with their eyes blindfolded and mouths covered with tape,” a Los Angeles County sheriff’s statement said.
“Investigators learned that some of the photos depicted suspect Mark Berndt with his arm around the children, or with his hand over their mouths,” according to the sheriff’s department.
Source: CNN
One new article link has been added to our Related News page. Ars Technica published an article titled Google tricks Internet Explorer into accepting tracking cookies, Microsoft claims.
Google was caught last week bypassing default privacy settings in the Safari browser in order to serve up tracking cookies. The company claimed the situation was an accident and limited only to the Safari Web browser, but today Microsoft claimed Google is doing much the same thing with Internet Explorer.
Source: Ars Technica
One new article link has been added to our Related News page. WSFA published an article titled New bill would require sex offenders to register Facebook profiles.
“What it does is brings down the hammer on sex traffickers, the pimps. It creates longer prison sentences for them, it forces them to register as sex offenders for the rest of their lives. It forces them to pay restitution into a fund that will then fund services for victims of sex trafficking,” said Klaas.
Source: WSFA
One new article link has been added to our Related News page. WSFA published an article titled Auburn man indicted on federal child pornography charges.
According to the one-count indictment, Breland is accused of knowingly possessing a PNY Attaché 1 gigabyte flash drive that contained visual depictions of actual minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct.
Source: WSFA
Greg Price was interviewed by Alabama’s 13 while presenting at the Doing What Matters Conference in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The focus of the presentation was on cyberbullying and keeping children safe on the Internet.
Combating social media bullying in Alabama (January 31, 2012, Alabama’s 13)
One new article link has been added to our Related News page. AL.com published an article titled Rowdy Christmas Day crowd forces early closing of east Birmingham’s Edge 12 Movie Theater.
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama — A crowd of young people — possibly drawn though social media — interrupted the movies at The Edge 12 Movie Theater and were disruptive outside in the parking lot of Festival Shopping Center on Crestwood Boulevard Sunday night.
Source: AL.com
One new article link has been added to our Related News page. WTSP published an article titled Social media reputation could crush college dreams.
A Kaplan survey shows 38 percent of the 320 college admissions officers’ surveyed found information about a student on Facebook that made them reject that student’s application.
“It’s your own personal letter of reference this is who I am,” said River Ridge High School Guidance Counselor Sue Richmond.
Source: WTSP
One new article link has been added to our Related News page. Fox News published an article titled Facebook Image of Girl Bound With Duct Tape Leads to Joint Investigation in Chicago.
A disturbing image purportedly showing a young girl bound with duct tape on her mouth, wrists and ankles has touched off a joint police and child protective services investigation in Chicago, FoxNews.com has learned.
The image, which was circulated on the Web, appears to be posted on a Facebook profile page bearing the name Andre Dmcg Curry and describes him as a 21-year-old married Chicago man.
Source: Fox News
One new article link has been added to our Related News page. Ars Technica published an article titled House updates 1988 privacy law to allow online sharing of Netflix choices.
The House of Representatives on Tuesday easily passed legislation that updates video privacy laws to make it easier for online rental services such as Netflix to share information about customers’ viewing habits with user consent. Current law requires written consent to share video records, but the new law would allow companies to obtain consent over the web. The two-page bill needs to be approved by the Senate before it becomes law.
Source: Ars Technica
Alabama Computer Forensics Institute 