Yahoo wins round in Oregon nude photo court battle, not liable for third-party postingMay 11th, 2009 Yahoo wins round in Oregon nude photo court battlePORTLAND, Ore. — Yahoo has won a legal battle over removing nude photos that an Oregon woman claimed her boyfriend posted on its Web site without her knowledge or permission.
Armenian teen killed after argument on social websiteMay 14th, 2009 MOSCOW - A teenager was murdered in northern Armenia after an argument with a girl on a popular social networking site, according to a news report Thursday. Tigran Tadevosyan, 17, was attacked by four youths outside his residence in Shirak province's Gyumri city, the Tert newspaper reported.
California man accused of kidnapping 15-year-old Idaho girl he met on social networking siteSeptember 2nd, 2009 CA man charged with kidnapping teen he met onlineBOISE, Idaho — An 18-year-old California man has been charged with kidnapping a 15-year-old Idaho girl after police say the two met on a social networking site and he got her to move in with him. Misael (mis-AY'-el) G.
Girl finds her 15 brothers and sisters on Facebook!August 25th, 2009 LONDON - A teenaged girl has been reunited with her parents and 15 brothers and sisters, thanks to popular social networking website Facebook. Sophie Featherstone was devastated after the demise of her beloved grandmother Pat, who raised her.
Brit girl gang raped to be "s****** and tagged" on FacebookAugust 12th, 2009 LONDON - A Brit teenage girl is said to have allegedly been gang raped so that she could be "s****** and tagged" on Facebook. Jurors were told that three rapists took snaps of the 18-year-old on a mobile and told her: "You are going to be s****** and tagged on Facebook".
Miley Cyrus' X-Mas classic an instant hit onlineDecember 27th, 2008 LONDON - Teen starlet Miley Cyrus' new version of Christmas classic 'Little drummer boy' has become an instant hit on the Internet. The song was edited out from the 'Hannah Montana' holiday special show.
ESPN bans NY Post reporters from shows after paper publishes stills from Andrews videoJuly 23rd, 2009 ESPN bans NY Post reporters from showsNEW YORK — ESPN has banned staffers from the New York Post from appearing on any of its programming after the newspaper ran photos from the video showing sideline reporter Erin Andrews nude in a hotel room. The Post published three images from the blurry video.
China defends requiring PCs to carry online filtering software, says it targets pornographyJune 9th, 2009 China defends Web-filtering software requirementBEIJING — China on Tuesday defended a new requirement that personal computers sold in the country carry a software that filters online content, saying the program is targeted at preventing the spread of pornography and other "unhealthy" content. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology posted on its Web site Tuesday a notice to all PC makers that they will be required to pre-load the "Green Dam-Youth Escort" filtering software on units to be sold in China as of July 1, including imported PCs.
Porn mad Aussies routinely 'masturbating in front of public library computers'August 6th, 2009 MELBOURNE - A petition for installing Internet filtering software on public library computers has been taken out in an Australian town after staff had to continue throwing out men for lewd behaviour while accessing internet pornography. According to the Couriermail, Dr Paul Sheldon presented a petition with 3222 signatures to Queensland's Sunshine Coast Regional Council on August 5.
Mass. family leaves sleeping child, 5, in taxi; cops threaten to suspend cabbie, but back offJuly 28th, 2009 Boston hack almost takes blame for forgotten childBOSTON — A family picked up by a taxi at the airport left a sleeping 5-year-old child behind in the back of the minivan — and the cabbie almost took the blame for it. Joseph Cohen, a taxi driver for 39 years, picked up the family at Logan International Airport on Sunday, drove them to their home in the city's Mattapan neighborhood, and helped them unload their luggage.
Kolkata gears up for fighting against Cyber crime. I vote no cofidenceMay 22nd, 2009 KOLKATA - In order to tackle cyber crime, the Kolkata police joined hands with the Public Relations Society of India, Kolkata Chapter and Calcutta Telephones and organised a workshop here to spread awareness about cyber security. Cyber crime still remains a vague phenomenon for most Internet users, as they are not aware as to what actually constitutes cyber crime and what laws are against it.
ESPN bans NY Post reporters from its shows after paper publishes images from Andrews videoJuly 23rd, 2009 ESPN bans NY Post reporters over Andrews videoHARTFORD, Conn. — ESPN banned staffers from the New York Post from appearing on any of its programming on Wednesday after the newspaper published photos this week taken from a video showing sideline reporter Erin Andrews nude in a hotel room.
China shuts down 91 websites containing pornographyJanuary 10th, 2009 BEIJING - China has shut down another 50 websites for containing pornography and lewd content, bringing the total number of blocked sites to 91 since last Thursday. Authorities have vowed to beef up crackdown efforts in the following days and urged law-breakers to voluntarily turn themselves in to local public security departments.
Secret Service find no threat to president in Facebook poll; juvenile responsible not chargedOctober 1st, 2009 Secret Service: Facebook poll no threat to ObamaWASHINGTON — The Secret Service has determined that a juvenile was behind the online survey that asked whether people thought President Barack Obama should be assassinated, an agency spokesman said Thursday. No criminal charges will be filed against the juvenile or the juvenile's parents, spokesman Edwin Donovan said.
Facebook facing 'image' problem over third-party adsJuly 30th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Facebook is facing a big image problem after it was revealed that third party advertisers were creating advertisements with users' profile photos without permission. And thus users are feverishly forwarding instructions to prevent their images from being used for advertising.