Related News: On Facebook, a growing teenage wasteland

Posted on December 6, 2013 by ACFI

One new article link has been added to our Related News page. CNN published an article titled On Facebook, a growing teenage wasteland.

Nicole Uvieghara is only 18, but that’s old enough to remember the good old days on Facebook.

“I used to log in to Facebook every day,” said Uvieghara, a Murrieta, California, native and freshman at Arizona State University. “Now, I go, like, once a week. On my news feed, I rarely see posts from my friends and I have not posted things on my wall in the past year.”

Her experience isn’t unusual. Teens are cooling on Facebook, a trend suggested by recent research and acknowledged, this week by Facebook itself. The shift was confirmed time and time again in e-mail and phone interviews with dozens of teens and their parents in CNN’s reporting of this story.

Source: CNN

Related News: Nintendo shuts down SpotPass features for Swapnote on 3DS

Posted on December 6, 2013 by ACFI

One new article link has been added to our Related News page. Joystiq published an article titled Nintendo shuts down SpotPass features for Swapnote on 3DS.

Nintendo has abruptly shut down the SpotPass functionality for Swapnote on 3DS, noting that players were “exchanging their friend codes on Internet bulletin boards” and then using SwapNote to “exchange offensive material.” SpotPass allowed players to exchange photos directly with others using the app.

Source: Joystiq

Related News: Andrew Bartels’ child sex abuse trial date pushed back

Posted on December 6, 2013 by ACFI

One new article link has been added to our Related News page. WSFA published an article titled Andrew Bartels’ child sex abuse trial date pushed back.

The trial date for a Montgomery man accused of child sexual abuse is being pushed back until early next year.

Montgomery Circuit Court judge Charles Price ordered the trial for Andrew Bartels to begin on February 24, 2014. It was supposed to take place in late August of this year.

Bartels, 39, was arrested in October 2012 and later indicted on three counts of sexual abuse of a child less than 12 years of age.

Source: WSFA

Related News: Dothan judge hears arguments in case of officer disciplined for Facebook posts

Posted on October 30, 2013 by ACFI

One new article link has been added to our Related News page. The Dothan Eagle published an article titled Dothan judge hears arguments in case of officer disciplined for Facebook posts.

Before a Dothan judge can determine whether the city’s personnel board acted appropriately in upholding the discipline of a police officer who made controversial Facebook posts, he must first determine the criteria he can consider to make his ruling.

Circuit Judge Butch Binford heard arguments Tuesday in the case of Dothan Police Cpl. Raemonica Carney, who was disciplined by Police Chief Greg Benton earlier this year after he was made aware of Facebook posts she made concerning Christopher Dorner, a former Los Angeles Police Department officer who is believed to have killed two officers and two others before being pursued to a California cabin where an exchange of gunfire occurred. A fire erupted in the cabin and Dorner died in the fire.

Source: Dothan Eagle

Related News: Man to face trial on child sex abuse charges

Posted on October 30, 2013 by ACFI

One new article link has been added to our Related News page. The Troy Messenger published an article titled Man to face trial on child sex abuse charges.

A man who pleaded guilty to a sex crime could now be on trail at the next docket after a court appearance Friday afternoon.

Lawrence Lewis, Jr. was accused of and pleaded guilty to second-degree sexual abuse against a female over the age of 12 – a crime that dates back to March 2012.

Source: Troy Messenger

Related News: Sheriff: Man charged in missing Harris County girl’s disappearance

Posted on October 30, 2013 by ACFI

One new article link has been added to our Related News page. WSFA published an article titled Sheriff: Man charged in missing Harris County girl’s disappearance.

Wright allegedly met the teen from Harris County in an online chat room. The conversation then went to text messages, where sexually explicit messages were exchanged between Wright and the teen.

Wright allegedly picked up the teen and raped her. Authorities believe Wright dropped the teen back off at home when she walked through the door of a home at 7 a.m. on Monday. Deputies from the Harris County Department met with the girl, who told them she had a sexual encounter with an adult man.

Source: WSFA

Related News: University of Iowa TA reportedly emailed nude photos to students

Posted on October 30, 2013 by ACFI

One new article link has been added to our Related News page. The Des Moines Register published an article titled University of Iowa TA reportedly emailed nude photos to students.

The incident first was made public Wednesday morning on the website TotalFratMove.com, which stated the TA in the math department had accidentally emailed nude photos of herself to students. The website also posted what it claims is a copy of the TA’s email, which reads: “Hi Class, I attach the solutions for number 76 and 78 in this email.”

According to TotalFratMove, which claims it has copies of the nude images, “The images are from a video chat that is quite sexual in nature. It appears that two people are ‘cyber-sexing’ from different locations using video equipment.”

Source: The Des Moines Register

Related News: Guilty plea entered by man who tried to entice Huntsville police officer’s children, led police on high-speed chase before fiery crash (updated)

Posted on October 30, 2013 by ACFI

One new article link has been added to our Related News page. AL.com published an article titled Guilty plea entered by man who tried to entice Huntsville police officer’s children, led police on high-speed chase before fiery crash (updated).

A Hazel Green man charged with attempting to lure two children of a Huntsville police officer into his car entered a guilty plea today on charges of attempted kidnapping and enticing a child for immoral purposes.

Nicholos Kirk Roberts, 42, was arrested in December 2011 after leading police on a high-speed chase after the kids’ father found him. Roberts’ truck ultimately crashed on a Memorial Parkway service road and law enforcement officers had to pull him out of the vehicle before it burst into flames.

Source: AL.com

Related News: Experian Sold Consumer Data to ID Theft Service

Posted on October 30, 2013 by ACFI

One new article link has been added to our Related News page. Krebs on Security published an article titled Experian Sold Consumer Data to ID Theft Service.

In March 2012, Court Ventures was purchased by Costa Mesa, Calif.-based Experian, one of the three major consumer credit bureaus. According to Martin, the proprietors of Superget.info had gained access to Experian’s databases by posing as a U.S.-based private investigator. In reality, Martin said, the individuals apparently responsible for running Superget.info were based in Vietnam.

Source: Krebs on Security

Related News: BULLY-PROOF

Posted on October 25, 2013 by ACFI

One new article link has been added to our Related News page. The Troy Messenger published an article titled BULLY-PROOF.

Pike County residents were able to learn about the epidemic of bullying this Thursday night in Troy when the university held a town hall meeting followed by a vigil to raise bullying awareness.

The meeting took the form of a panel discussion and question-and-answer section in which Pike County residents were able to ask specific questions about bullying.

The panel was composed of Florence Mitchell, Greg Crosby, Sharon Sullivan, Brenda Lampley, Karena Valkyrie and Greg Price.

Price gave a presentation on cyber-bullying before the panel discussion. Price serves as the head of the Alabama Computer Forensics Institute, a group that aids law enforcement officials in technology related criminal cases. “We work an enormous volume of cases involving cyber-bullying and child predators,” Price said. “It is basically anywhere where technology and bad things intersect.”

Source: Troy Messenger