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Maroon 5 Singer Adam Levine Slams Video Music Awards On Twitter, MTV Responds With Tweet
Maroon 5 lead singer and “The Voice” judge Adam Levine has lashed out at the MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) on Twitter, claiming that the network only pretends to care about music when the VMAs roll around each year. Levine tweeted, “the VMA's. one day a year when MTV pretends to still care about music. I'm drawing a line in the sand. f*** you... Read more » Italian Mobster Arrested After Girlfriend Posts Pictures To Facebook, Revealing Their Location
One of Italy's top 100 most wanted Mafia mobsters has been caught because of a picture his girlfriend posted on Facebook. Salvatore D'Avino's very pregnant girlfriend, Brada Hint, had this brilliant idea to post the picture to the social network which revealed the name and location of a Spanish restaurant. After discovering the picture, Italian police alerted... Read more »
High School Hit List Posted To Facebook, Police Investigating
Facebook can be a scary place for high school students who are often in some of the most emotional years of their lives. It's true that some high school students are ruthless when it comes to bullying -- just look at the suicides attributed to cyberbullying and the real life violence that has been documented on the social network. Despite the anti-cyberbullying... Read more » ‘Teacher Of The Year’ Suspended, Reassigned After Posting Anti-Gay Comments On Facebook
When will people learn to keep their mouths shut on Facebook, especially when they are in a position of authority? Certainly this high school teacher learned his lesson when he was suspended from the classroom and reassigned after posting anti-gay comments on Facebook. Jerry Buell, a social studies teacher who was named Teacher of the Year, posted a response to a... Read more »
Father Killed Hours After Testifying Against Mother Who Posted Death Threats On Facebook
In June, we reported on the young mom who was arrested after attempting to hire a hitman on Facebook to kill her baby's father. Now police are wondering if the father's recent death is connected to the Facebook threats. London Eley, the mother, posted a status on her Facebook account saying "I will pay somebody a stack to kill my baby father." Tim Bynum, an... Read more » Hacker Used Facebook To Steal Over $57,000 From Neighbors
A hacker has admitted stealing over £35,000 ($57,309.03) from his neighbors after using information they had posted on Facebook and Friends Reunited to figure out the answers to security questions on their bank accounts. Iain Wood, who was living in Newcastle, England, at the time of the offenses, targeted people living in the same building as him and stole the... Read more » The Game Tweets LA Sheriff’s Office Phone Number, Station Flooded With Calls
How cool would it be to intern for the Game? Probably pretty awesome -- or at least that's what the rapper's over 580,000 followers thought when the infamous Charles Louboutin tweeted a phone number saying he was in search of some extra help. Unfortunately for Louboutin, the number belonged to the LA Sheriff's Office at Compton, and his tweet caused the phone lines... Read more » Mark Zuckerberg Hates Spammy Apps, Calls Out ‘Chill’ On Dave Morin’s Facebook Wall
Facebook apps that automatically post a status to your News Feed are probably the single most annoying thing about using the social network (besides the obvious click-jacking and malware scams). They're so annoying that even founder Mark Zuckerberg gets a little peeved when he sees apps spamming his friends' Walls. Totally embarrassing for the app developers,... Read more » 16-year-old Arrested For Using Facebook To Allegedly Incite Riots
Over the last few days, London has been practically torn to pieces by rioters. The riots have spread to other cities throughout England and one young man in Scotland allegedly decided to try inciting a riot in Glasgow, Scotland. According to The Guardian, a Facebook user in the city set up a page called “Glasgow Riot Friday 12th August 2011” on Monday night.... Read more »
Celebrity Chef Jamie Oliver Tweets Fury After Restaurant Smashed Up In Riots
Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has taken to Twitter to vent his anger after one of his restaurants was smashed up in a riot. Over the last few days, riots that began in London have spread to other cities throughout England. The riots began after a man named Mark Duggan was shot dead by police in the Tottenham borough of London on Thursday. A peaceful protest began... Read more » 
