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The latest victim of Facebook post is an Australian regional newspaper editor.
Matt Nicholls, the 23-year-old editor of Glen Innes Examier newspaper allegedly posted on Facebook that “there was nothing better than death to lift circulation” referring to policeman the death of policeman William Crews.
Policeman William Crews died in the hospital after he was shot in his head in a drug raid in Sydney.
Mr. Nicholls is also alleged to have said that he was was going to make the most of the death for his company and newspaper.
Mr. Nicholls reportedly denied making the posts.
Nevertheless, The CEO of Fairfax regional publishing Allan Browne apologised terming the comments made by Mr. Nicholls as “totally unacceptable” as well as adding, “Mr Nicholls has been stood down from his position as editor, effective immediately.”
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A band of tech-savvy burglars in New Hampshire proved yet again to watch what you post on Facebook or other social networking sites.
According to a report on the Nashua Telegraph, police believe that a group of burglars in Nashua, New Hampshire have been using Facebook to pick out victim’s home through clues from user’s status updates. The gang strike the target homes mostly during day time when the owners were out.
The gang is believed to have stolen goods worth $100,000 to $200,000, including ammunition, elctronics, and fireworks from a series of burglaries.
Three men have been identified and charged in connection to 18 burglaries and police are searching for links to dozens more.
“Be careful of what you post on these social networking sites,” warns Capt. Ron Dickerson. “We know for a fact that some of these players, some of these criminals, were looking on these sites, and identifying their targets through these social networking sites.”
So, here is another Facebook news to remind you to be more careful of what you share on social networking sites.
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A North Carolina Woman was found shot dead along with her ex-boyfriend at her home.Karen Ann Rooney, 63, and Peter Terrance Moonan, 62, had reportedly dated for 16 years before ending their relationship earlier this year.
The incident happened after Rooney updated her Facebook status about her engagement with William Jenkins.
According to the police, Rooney’s ex-boyfriend shot her and then turned the gun on himself.
Police believe the Facebook post might have triggered the incident.
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The latest victim of Facebook post to make the news is a Michigan juror who was removed from a trial after posting verdict on Facebook before the case concluded.
Hadley Jons, 20-year-old, juror in a case of resisting arrest reportedly wrote on her Facebook post, “actually excited for jury duty tomorrow. it’s gonna be fun to tell the defendant they’re GUILTY. 
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Fortunately or unfortunately, son of defense attorney Saleema Sheikh discovered the post.
Jons was promptly replaced with a alternative. She could be charged with contempt of court, and the decision for which is due Thursday, Sept. 2.
Last week, an excited Swedish schoolgirl posted how she and her friend were going to bug their teachers on Facebook and got themselves charged.
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36-year-old Anthony Lozano was arrested for allegedly torturing and imprisoning his girlfriend for four days over messages on his girlfriend’s Facebook page.
Lozano was apprehended at his residence. He reportedly alleged that his girlfriends was having an adulterous affair. He was accused of grabbing the woman’s hair, dragging her and threatening to kill her before choking her with a rope.
Sheriff Commander Dave Putnam disclosed that the couple’s child and another child belonging to the victim were in the house at the time.
Lozano remain in detention at the Kings County on Monday with a bail of $725,00.
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Brevard County school officials are investigating a threatening Facebook post against a school teacher by one of her students.
The student wrote on Facebook, “Hey, I want to kill Mrs. Bowen. Does anybody want to help?” said attorney William Whitacre.
Apparently, the student at Edgewood Junior/Senior High School in Merritt Island didn’t want teacher Kathy Bowen to return to school after a short leave of absence.
An attorney for Mrs Bowen says she was informed about the online threat after she returned from her short leave.
The student is also said to have discuss the ways he would carry out the killing or keep Mrs Bowen from coming back, on Facebook.
A Brevard County Sheriff’s Office spokesman says the student isn’t facing criminal charges.
The district could pursue expulsion, if approved by the School Board, depending on the outcome of the investigation.
[source: Orlando Sentinel]
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Recently, we have come across various incidents of students being suspended because of many reasons relating to post on Facebook.
Now, according to Pocono Records, a professor at a northeastern Pennsylvania university says she’s been suspended indefinitely for what she though was a humorous posting on Facebook about hiring a hit man.
Gloria Gadsden, an East Stroudsburg University sociology professor, was put on paid leave indefinitely following a meeting with a dean and university administrators Wednesday afternoon.
“Does anyone know where i can find a very discrete hitman? Yes, it’s been that kind of day…,” wrote Ms Gadsden in a post.
In another comment, posted one month later, Gadsden wrote, “had a good day today, DIDN’T want to kill even one studen 
. Now Friday was a different story,” which she said she had removed.
Gadsden says officials referred to the shooting at the University of Alabam-huntsville earlier this month during the meeting.
Gadsden, who is black, claims the suspension had roots in a 2008 incident, when she published an essay in The Chronicle of Higher Education that was critical of what she saw as inadequate efforts to retain minority faculty on university campuses.
A university spokesman wouldn’t comment on Gadsden’s claims, calling it a personnel matter.
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Students from two Brisbane schools have been suspended over separate highly offensive Facebook pages in the past week, with police investigating at least one of the students.
Twenty students from Springwood State High School, Brisbane have been suspended for bullying a school staff on Facebook.
Southeast regional director Glen Hoppner calls on parents to help schools crack down on inappropriate post on social networking sites.
“Schools work closely with parents to address these issues when they arise, and to help ensure the schools’ messages about inappropriate internet content are reinforced at home,” said Mr. Hoppner according to Sydney Morning Herald.
A year 12 student of Marist College Ashgrove was also suspended last week for setting up a Facebook group titled “If 1,000,000 people join, I’ll give back Daniel Morcombe.”
He is now said to being assisting in efforts to remove the site which apparently have no administrator.
Daniel Morcombe, was abducted from the Sunshine Coast in December 7, 2003. He was 13 when he was abducted and is still missing.
There are also many legit Facebook pages/groups dedicated to finding Daniel Morcombe, one of which called “1 000 000 people in the search for Daniel Morcombe” has around 43,000 members.
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Mohammad Wahyu Muharam, a university law student, was prosecuted over Facebook insult.
He apparently insulted his marching band mentor by referring his mentor as a “scoundrel” and “very greedy” on his Facebook page in August, last year.
“We ask for a suspended six-month jail for the defendant as he had insulted his marching band mentor on social networking website Facebook,” said prosecutor Lusiana according to reports.
The prosecutors reportedly reduce their recommended sentence after the defendant expressed regret.
The law student told reporters that he hoped his experience would be a lesson to other Facebook users and advised Facebookers to be more cautious in their postings.
Last week, another Indonesian teenager received a suspended jail sentence for posting insulting remarks to her romantic rival on the site.
The country is also said to be considering proposals to block internet sites that are deemed to violate “public decency” and privacy. According to the source, Facebook users or Facebook itself could be blocked under certain provisions of the draft regulations.
Around 8000 people is said to have joined a Facebook group to oppose the planned Internet restrictions.
Indonesia’s tough criminal defamation law has been criticized as one the world’s strictest.
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