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Teens lose sports priveleges for slutty MySpace pics

Two sophomores dressed in lingerie and posed for photos of themselves licking a penis shaped lollipop. They posted them on MySpace. The school found out and suspended them from sports for 1 year. "The school corporation said the girls violated the Indiana High School Athletic Association code of conduct that the school applies to it's student-athletes. It obligates student-athletes uphold a higher standard of moral and ethical values when representing the school."
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Florida arrests people for wearing gang colors on MySpace

Last year, Florida passed a new anti-gang law that banned using electronic communications "for the purpose of benefiting, promoting, or furthering the interests of a criminal gang" and that included "advertis[ing] his or her presence in the community" via an online image or video. Apparently, authorities in Florida have now arrested 15 people under this law based on their MySpace profiles, including one 14-year-old who "posted pictures of himself dressed in gang colors and displaying gang hand signals."
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Conn. AG to MySpace: Turn over sex offender data

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The Connecticut attorney general's office on Friday served MySpace a subpoena demanding that MySpace hand over the identities of registered sex offenders it claims the social-networking site discovered and subsequently removed from its roster of members. Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal also told CNET News that his office is reviewing independent research about registered sex offenders said to still populate the site. Blumenthal declined to comment on whether he plans to take further action.
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Social networking sites are all about narcissism

I am a member of the Facebook generation and I hate it, along with MySpace, LinkedIn and every other social networking site. I understand why people use them. They're convenient. In a world where it's hard to make and stay in touch with friends, these sites help people express themselves and connect to others. They prevent friends from falling into amiable oblivion. But using Web pages for the mass creation and consumption of relationships feels like the exact opposite of personal communication.
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Court rejects appeal over student-teacher drunk MySpace pics

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Do you agree with the courts rejection? Student teacher posted drunk pic on MySpace, got fired. She sued. Judge said she was more of an "apprentice" and the first amendment did not protect "personal MySpace postings the school found to be unprofessional"
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Woman Goes on Trial in MySpace Hoax

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Is this a crime (Fair)? LOS ANGELES (Nov. 19) - A Missouri woman, her teenage daughter and an employee used an elaborate Internet ruse to terrorize a 13-year-old neighbor girl who later committed suicide, a federal prosecutor said Wednesday. U.S. Attorney Thomas O'Brien told jurors during his opening statement that Lori Drew helped create a false identity on the social networking site MySpace. Posing online as a teenage boy, Drew befriended Megan Meier, he said.
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"Revenge Porn" - you can guess what it is. Should it be a crime?

Guy and girl date, the girl sends nude pics, for some reason, then they break up. The emotionally immature guy posts the pics/videos. Right now it's not necessarily a crime. Should it be? "While the act can lead to criminal charges, there's some debate over whether revenge porn, per se, ought to be codified as a crime. What's clear, however, is that it is part of the digital-age Zeitgeist. The ease of recording and transmitting sexually explicit images, the rise of Internet exhibitionism, and the ubiquity of a Girls Gone Wild mentality have created the contemporary version of writing "Jenny gives good head" on the bathroom wall."
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College admissions officers take kids web pages into account

A new survey shows that college admissions officers are reviewing applicant's Facebook and MySpace pages as part of their consideration for admissions. "n a new survey, 10 percent of admissions officers from prestigious schools said they had peeked at sites like Facebook and MySpace to evaluate college-bound seniors. Of those using the profiles, 38 percent said it had a "negative impact" on the applicant, according to Kaplan Inc., the education services company that polled the officers...At least one admissions officer had rescinded an offer because of an applicant's postings, results showed. The survey went out to 500 schools—of which 320 responded—in July and August and promised anonymity."
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MySpace cofounder was a real life 'War Games' hacker in the 80s

...including FBI searches and all. At one point, "Fifty FBI agents then raided the homes of Anderson and his friends ... one of the largest FBI raids in California history." He hacked his way into banking systems and taught his friends how to do the same. Article has interesting scan of 1985 article. "MySpace and Anderson would not comment on this post."
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Judge: Fake lesbian MySpace page of principal is not defamation

A San Antonio court has ruled against a principal who sued two students and their parents for defamation for posting a rather nasty MySpace page that claimed, among other things, that she was a lesbian. From the article: "A trial judge in San Antonio threw out the charges before trial, arguing that they didn't meet the state's standard of of 'defamation'"
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Friendster gets another $20M and new CEO

The funding brings their total to about $45M. The new CEO is from Google. Friendster sort of invented social networking but failed to execute. Now, theyr'e focusing on Asia and will attempt to regain some market share in the U.S. How will they do ultimately?
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