The child predator persuaded the boy to meet him by threatening suicide. Even after his mother told Adam Brown to block contact with her son, he persisted in messaging the young teenager. 
Tag Archives: Social networks
Foursquare app tracks your location by default whenever your phone is on
Foursquare, makers of the popular app that lets you “check in” wherever you go, unveiled a new version this week that tracks your location even when the app is closed. With opt-in as the default, here’s how to opt-out. We show you how to opt out if you don’t want ad men and Foursquare to constantly know your whereabouts. 
How anyone can hack your Instagram account
Should you write instructions that tell everyone how to hack Instagram accounts, including advice like “wait for someone to use the Instagram iOS app”? Have your say in our poll…
13-year-old girl arrested for Facebook death threats against entire town
Despite specific threats to kill a 12-year-old cancer patient along with the entire population of a Texas town, Facebook initially stonewalled police’s efforts to find the identity of whoever was making the terrorist threats. It baffled police, as well it should. 
What would make you quit Facebook? Here’s what you said …
Last week we asked our readers to take a poll about Facebook’s controversial social experiment on thousands of unknowing users. Lots of you responded – more than 1,000 – and we received a lot of great comments on our post and Read more…
DARPA dissects Twitter, Facebook, Reddit to extract propaganda how-to’s
The internet found out last week that Facebook’s been dissecting us. Now, it looks like DARPA’s been at it too, with research on users of Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, Pinterest, Kickstarter and Digg. 
Facebook’s experiment on users – what would it take for you to finally quit? [POLL]
Facebook is taking heat once again for perceived invasion of privacy, after it disclosed a research experiment conducted on users without their explicit consent. What do you think? Have you finally had enough of Facebook’s privacy invasions to say “enough is enough”? Take our poll…
Ex-boyfriend avoids jail for posting offensive update on woman’s Facebook account
The case – one which involves prosecution over damage to a social media account – is reportedly unprecedented. The guilty party was facing a maximum of 10 years in prison and a €10,000 fine, with a judge who had no precedents to go on when it came time for sentencing. 
Facebook shrugs as ’emotional contagion’ research outrages its users
Some users saw a dash more positive items in their feeds; some received a more grim daily dose, as the researchers cut out happy tidings. The researchers’ conclusion: yes, emotional states are contagious, and no, seeing friends post happy news does not necessarily make people want to jump off ledges. The internet’s reaction: how dare you manipulate emotions without informed consent?
Facebook’s facing a losing battle to protect users’ privacy
Last year, prosecutors in Manhattan held Facebook up by the ankles and shook out personal data on 381 users. A judge last week said that it’s up to the targeted users to complain about privacy invasion, not data-repository Facebook. But how are they supposed to stand up for their rights if they’re never told about the sealed warrants to begin with? 