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Showing posts with label Facebook. Show all posts
When Cops Check Facebook
"America's police are using social media to fight crime, a practice that raises troubling questions.
In 2012, Brooklyn police officer Michael Rodrigues arrested a burglary gang, the Brower Boys, by adding gang members as friends on Facebook. The day of the arrest was like gathering the lowest-hanging fruit. 'It’s break-in day on the avenue,' one gang member posted in his status message. Officer Rodrigues and colleagues tracked the gang members to the avenue in question. They photographed the young men committing the crime, and then arrested them....
...Social media can produce evidence in some cases, but it also fails to capture the complexity of human relationships—and can sometimes distort them. For this reason, it is important to take care that social media data is not misused or misinterpreted in the pursuit of justice."
Related article on Facebook's impact on the justice system
"America's police are using social media to fight crime, a practice that raises troubling questions.
In 2012, Brooklyn police officer Michael Rodrigues arrested a burglary gang, the Brower Boys, by adding gang members as friends on Facebook. The day of the arrest was like gathering the lowest-hanging fruit. 'It’s break-in day on the avenue,' one gang member posted in his status message. Officer Rodrigues and colleagues tracked the gang members to the avenue in question. They photographed the young men committing the crime, and then arrested them....
...Social media can produce evidence in some cases, but it also fails to capture the complexity of human relationships—and can sometimes distort them. For this reason, it is important to take care that social media data is not misused or misinterpreted in the pursuit of justice."
Related article on Facebook's impact on the justice system
Privacy and Criminal Justice
Police Want Right To See Medical Records Without Consent
Police want new and expanded rights to access medical records and other confidential data without an individual's consent, a senior police chief has told the Guardian.
Sir Peter Fahy, the Greater Manchester chief constable, said the extra access to sensitive data was needed to help police cope with growing numbers of vulnerable people.
Judge Orders Rape Accuser To Turn Over Facebook Account
A New Jersey judge has ordered a teen who accused a man of rape to turn over access to her Facebook account, providing another example of social media's growing use in courtrooms and the resulting privacy concerns.
Mercer County Superior Court Judge Robert Billmeier this week agreed to a request from David Stevens-Parker's defense attorney, and the judge said he will privately review two weeks of Facebook postings for any comments related to the alleged rape before deciding whether any can be used in court.
Police Want Right To See Medical Records Without Consent
Police want new and expanded rights to access medical records and other confidential data without an individual's consent, a senior police chief has told the Guardian.
Sir Peter Fahy, the Greater Manchester chief constable, said the extra access to sensitive data was needed to help police cope with growing numbers of vulnerable people.
Judge Orders Rape Accuser To Turn Over Facebook Account
A New Jersey judge has ordered a teen who accused a man of rape to turn over access to her Facebook account, providing another example of social media's growing use in courtrooms and the resulting privacy concerns.
Mercer County Superior Court Judge Robert Billmeier this week agreed to a request from David Stevens-Parker's defense attorney, and the judge said he will privately review two weeks of Facebook postings for any comments related to the alleged rape before deciding whether any can be used in court.
Court: Hitting "Like" on Facebook Protected by First Amendment
A federal appeals court overturned a lower court decision on
Wednesday, ruling that clicking the “Like” button on Facebook in support
of a political candidate amounts to constitutionally protected speech.
The case was brought by former employees at a Virginia sheriff's
office who said they lost their jobs because they supported their boss’
opponent in the local election and had the cheek to "Like" his campaign
page on Facebook.
The Centre of Criminology - Canadiana Bldg Renovations
We'll be adding a series of pictures of the 2007 renovation of the Canadiana Building to create the present Centre of Criminology. Feel free to make comments on any of the pictures. If you already belong to Facebook the pictures are here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Toronto-ON/Centre-of-Criminology-Library/142238042474369?v=photos
If you don't belong to Facebook it is simple to join at www.facebook.com.
The first 25 pictures are now up as well as some videos from Youtube.
This is taken from the future library, looking out to the main foyer.
Tom and Andrea
If you don't belong to Facebook it is simple to join at www.facebook.com.
The first 25 pictures are now up as well as some videos from Youtube.
This is taken from the future library, looking out to the main foyer.
Tom and Andrea
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