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12/01/2010 |
A man was murdered over a tweet
USA | Criminal Law | New York police investigating a murder that allegedly carried out because of messages posted on Twitter. Apparently the police considering requesting twitter the messages that were sent between the alleged killer and the victim... Continue
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11/01/2010 |
Hackers used false rumor to spread malware on facebook
INTERNATIONAL | Cyber Crime | Hackers used a false rumor suggesting that Facebook will charge $4.99 a month for using the social networking site, and bait malware traps in groups that protested the move... Continue
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24/12/2009 |
Teenager stabbed to death over facebook posting
ENGLAND | Criminal Law | 18 years old Salum Kombo, was stabbed to death allegedly by his 15 years old friend over an argument that started on facebook... Continue
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10/12/2009 |
Facebook makes changes in privacy settings
INTERNATIONAL | Privacy | After publicly acknowledged few months ago that there are problems in its privacy settings, facebook decided to simplify them... Continue
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09/12/2009 |
Australian bureaucrats start using social networks
AUSTRALIA | Technology | Government-commissioned draft report encourages Australian bureaucrats to use social networks in order to break down barriers between public servants and ordinary people... Continue
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07/12/2009 |
facebook forms an advisory board about safty
INTERNATIONAL | Privacy | Facebook will form an advisory board of five Internet security organizations in order to provide its users safe Web browsing... Continue
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06/12/2009 |
The U.S government launches a Social network competition
USA | Technology | The U.S government initiates a competition for social network users. The competitors will be offered a 40,000 dollar prize for locating secret balloons using the internet... Continue
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04/12/2009 |
EFF sues governmental departments for refusing to release information
USA | Internet Rights | The Electronic Frontier Foundation, an internet rights watch organization, sues the CIA and other American government departments for preventing information about their use of social networks.. Continue
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01/12/2009 |
Consumer protection agency is preparing complaints against social networkings
NORWAY | Privacy | A Norwegian consumer protection agency called Forbrukerrådet says that many privacy policies and terms and conditions of social networking sites not properly protect Norwegian users and do not comply with Norwegian law.
THe group is preparing a le.. Continue
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29/11/2009 |
AFL players` identities were stolen on Facebook
AUSTRALIA | Defamation | The identities of more the 40 Australian Football league players were stolen and faked on social networks, among it Facebook... Continue
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24/11/2009 |
Arrested for not tweeting
USA | Criminal Law | A manager at Island record label was arrested in N.Y, accused that he didn`t restrain order using twitter during a justin Bieber show at a local mall... Continue
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22/11/2009 |
Lost insurance payment over a photo on facebooke
CANADA | Tort, Liability & Compensation| Nathalie Blanchard from Canada posted on her facebook web page photos with her smiling and having fun. When her insurance company saw those photos it stopped her health payment and declared her as fit to work... Continue
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20/11/2009 |
Identified an attacker on Facebook
ENGLAND | Violence | Jennifer Wilson, 20, was slashed in the face while dancing in a bar by a drunk woman.
She went on Facebook and looked at a mutual friend`s friends list and found the attacker`s picture... Continue
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18/11/2009 |
New privacy policy to Facebook
INTERNATIONAL | Privacy | Facebook said it adopted a revised privacy policy.
The new policy is designed to be more accessible and easier to understand.
Because less then 7,000 members commented on it, there is no need to make a vote.
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13/11/2009 |
Facebook status becomes an alibi for a robbery suspect
USA | Criminal Law | A status update in Facebook became an alibi in a robbery trial. The defendant has managed to prove that at the time of the crime he was updatind his profile... Continue
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