October 31, 2011 : Comments (4)
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Biz Stone Spams Twitter Users After Hitting ‘Wrong Button’ On Votizen
If you have looked at the Twitter account of Biz Stone, one of the co-founders of the social network, lately you might think his account has been hacked. Dozens of tweets that have the same message were sent to several other users from his account: “Will you endorse @EdLeeforMayor for Mayor on @Votizen?” All of the tweets that share the same message have been... Read more » Woman Arrested After Trying To Sell Newborn On Facebook For $15,000
Facebook is a service that’s used to bring people together – to help long lost relatives find each other and to help old friends reconnect. In July we heard about the son who found his birth mother on Facebook 36 years after she gave him up for adoption and in September a son who was stolen by his father during a custody battle found his mother through the social... Read more » Man Arrested After Hitting His Wife Because She Didn’t Like His Facebook Status
The Like button is typically seen as a positive Facebook feature that’s pretty hard to argue about unless of course you use it sarcastically, which we’ve probably all done on occasion. Messages, comments and chats are where the real stuff happens – where most arguments that spill into real life begin. On this occasion there was no chat that escalated into a... Read more » Man Steals Woman’s Purse, Takes Picture Of Himself, Accidentally Uploads Photo To Victim’s Facebook Wall
Like I’ve said a many times in the past -- some criminals are just so stupid. Why would you post any evidence on Facebook? You will most likely get caught and shouldn't criminals be more careful? Just like the couple who posted a photo of a stolen ring on the social network and got charged or the man who posted a photo with a stolen car and was arrested, we have... Read more » Teenage Burglar Breaks Into Store, Checks His Facebook Page Mid-robbery, Gets Busted By Police
Facebook is really distracting. It’s easy to get caught up in reading your friends’ posts and have an hour go by without realizing it. In some cases, being that distracted leads to tragic events, like the mom whose 13-month-old drowned when she left him in the bathtub for a couple of minutes to check Facebook. Some cases of Facebook distraction are just plain... Read more » Sean Parker Joins Twitter, Apologizes To Mark Zuckerberg In First Tweet
Entrepreneur and Napster founder Sean Parker has joined Twitter. In an amusing first tweet, Parker has apologized to Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg for joining the social network -- Parker, of course, is a former president of Facebook and his stake in the social network has helped him become a billionaire. I'm not sure why Parker, who is using the... Read more » Man Steals Car, Poses With Stolen Car On Facebook, Gets Arrested
Pose on Facebook when you’re wanted or with any kind of evidence, and you’re pretty much just asking to be arrested. Luckily for law enforcement, careless criminals give themselves away on social networks every day – like that Italian mobster who gave his location away on Facebook, the teenager who assaulted someone with a knife and bragged about it and the... Read more » Mark Zuckerberg Really Does ‘Use Facebook All Day Long’
One could assume that since Mark Zuckerberg created Facebook, he must constantly be logging in to check things out. How else would we know that he killed a bison and made it into burgers or that he got a new dog? It makes sense, but then again isn’t he too busy coordinating meetings and coming up with new features like the Timeline and the new Open Graph to troll... Read more » Police Investigate 6th Grader’s Facebook Post Called ‘Slap An Asian Day’
Police from Chaska, Minn. are currently investigating a Facebook post by a middle school student and warning parents about the dangers of cyberbullying. The slightly disturbing post was found on the social network by the parents of a sixth grade student. The post was titled “Slap an Asian Day” and when the parents discovered the post, they immediately... Read more » Man Threatens Police Officer On Facebook, Charged With Terroristic Threats
When will people learn – don’t mess with the police on Facebook! It's that simple. Just don’t do it. It is never a good idea to taunt, tease or threaten officers in general, but especially in a place where there is a public record of your actions. Apparently, this 21-year-old man missed the memo. Derek Randal Maxwell received a $140 ticket for driving with... Read more » 
