Social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter are turning into a criminal hub where gang members make threats, boast about crimes, share intelligence on rivals and network with people across the country.
Investigators are increasingly monitoring these sites to track gang activity.
Facebook Profile may Hamper Job Oportunities
Beware of what you post on facebook folks, especially if you are on the job hunt, as employers are increasingly checking on networking sites to know more about the people they intend to hire.
Beware of what you post on facebook folks, especially if you are on the job hunt, as employers are increasingly checking on networking sites to know more about the people they intend to hire.
"You find out about people you never would have known about before," Discovery News quoted Dean Johnston with the California Bureau of Narcotics Enforcement, which helps police investigate gangs, as saying.
"You build this little tree of people," Johnston added.
Campaign on Facebook to Forbid 'adultery' Billboards!
More than a thousand people have given their support for a Facebook campaign aiming to place a ban on billboards which advertise themselves as a website for finding affairs.
More than a thousand people have given their support for a Facebook campaign aiming to place a ban on billboards which advertise themselves as a website for finding affairs.
"They will even go out and brag about doing shootings," Johnston said.
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150 Facebook Friends the Maximum Our Brains can Handle
One they may not be able to remember or manage more than 150 pals in real life, despite some people having 5,000 friends on their Facebook profiles an expert claims.
One they may not be able to remember or manage more than 150 pals in real life, despite some people having 5,000 friends on their Facebook profiles an expert claims.
Representatives from Twitter and Facebook say they regularly cooperate with police and supply information on account holders when presented with a search warrant. Neither company would discuss specifics.
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Anti-Indian Racism In Australia Moves Into Facebook
Despite a hue and cry from Indians in Australia, anti-Indian Facebook sites such as groups such as 'I think Indian People Should Wear Deodorant', 'Stop Whinging Indians, and 'Australia:
Despite a hue and cry from Indians in Australia, anti-Indian Facebook sites such as groups such as 'I think Indian People Should Wear Deodorant', 'Stop Whinging Indians, and 'Australia:
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