MySpace Monday 24
The reason I do this weekly column of stories is because parents need to know and understand that there is no difference in letting your child join a social network and hanging out in Time Square on a Saturday night. Sure there are a lot of families and tourists there, and friends hanging out… but there are also scam artists, drug addicts and others who will take advantage of you. Social networks don’t turn anyone away at the door (predators are never denied entry; they are kicked out later).
The point is, if your child is at that party, you need to know who they are talking to, what they are doing, etc. Don’t leave it to chance. Monitor their Internet activity with PC Pandora and KNOW what they do so you can keep them safe!
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January 28, 2010
They met on MySpace and now 1 charged with battery
From the Orlando Sentinel
Two Flagler County men “met” each other on the social networking Web site MySpace, and the first time they met they got into a fight. And one of them is now charged with battery, according to a report in the Daytona Beach News-Journal.
January 28, 2010
Woman assaulted in Flint by friend met on MySpace.com
By Laura Angus, Flint Journal
FLINT, Michigan — A 19-year-old woman called police after a friend she met on MySpace.com, a social networking Web site, assaulted her around 6 p.m. Monday near Lynch Street and Kansas Avenue.
Tennessee teen expelled for Facebook posting
By Jaime Sarrio, The Tennessean
NASHVILLE — Taylor Cummings was a popular basketball star on the verge of graduating from one of Nashville’s most prestigious high schools until a post on Facebook got him expelled.
After weeks of butting heads with his coaches, Taylor, 17, logged on to the popular social networking site from home Jan. 3. He typed his frustrations for the online world to see: “I’ma kill em all. I’ma bust this (expletive) up from the inside like nobody’s ever done before.”
Taylor said the threat wasn’t real. School officials said they can’t take any chances.
January 30, 2010
Three more charged in Facebook robbery in Suffolk
By Linda McNatt, The Virginian-Pilot
SUFFOLK – Three people were arrested Thursday as part of the Facebook robbery scam that took place earlier this week. A 16-year-old Windsor girl was previously arrested, police spokeswoman Debbie George said.
The girl had been chatting with a 24-year-old Chesapeake man on Facebook when she lured him to a Suffolk home and, with three accomplices, robbed the man of his wallet, cell phone and tools from his truck, George said…