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Oversharing on Facebook makes it easier for your boss to fire you, your insurer to hike up your rates, and, apparently, your local police officer to arrest you. It seems not-too-bright criminals have a habit of bragging about their misdeeds on social networking sites—sometimes even including photos—which has made investigations much easier for some cops. "It's almost become unfair," a law enforcement source tells the New York Post. "Facebook and MySpace are killing these guys."
It's similar to when the police advertise in the paper about allegedly lost then found bank accounts in the names of people with warrants. When the crooks show up to collect their windfall, they get arrested. It sure saves a lot of time for the police ~
I've heard of this a lot lately. In particular, I was listening to a local talk show radio station a while ago in summer, and the hosts were talking about some young person caught speeding (by bragging about how fast they went on their new car or something like that) through Facebook. One host in particular, though, seemed to somewhat off-put by police searching people that way, and she argued that since a lot of teenagers write and joke about immature things about illegal activities (for instance, joking about doing drugs) in messages all the time, you might get a lot of false positives.
I don't know anything about law and crime investigation but I assume that arresting people does require lots more evidence than that though.
I've heard of this a lot lately. In particular, I was listening to a local talk show radio station a while ago in summer, and the hosts were talking about some young person caught speeding (by bragging about how fast they went on their new car or something like that) through Facebook. One host in particular, though, seemed to somewhat off-put by police searching people that way, and she argued that since a lot of teenagers write and joke about immature things about illegal activities (for instance, joking about doing drugs) in messages all the time, you might get a lot of false positives.
I don't know anything about law and crime investigation but I assume that arresting people does require lots more evidence than that though.
Not possible. You can not get a ticket just by saying I was going 110 in a 55 in my new car.
About the only way they could make this hold up is if they had people reporting this person speeding in a certain location on the highway then used his post on Facebook that verified he was there and the witness statements in court. Just a Facebook post would not hold up in court.
Not possible. You can not get a ticket just by saying I was going 110 in a 55 in my new car.
About the only way they could make this hold up is if they had people reporting this person speeding in a certain location on the highway then used his post on Facebook that verified he was there and the witness statements in court. Just a Facebook post would not hold up in court.
I searched it up and this appears to have been the story discussed --my memory was a bit off; it wasn't Facebook but an online forum. But yeah, someone did verify the event.
It appeared that what happened was that the teen liked to brag about street racing online on the forum. People on the forum, including locals, got concerned about the guy, the police were called, and they found someone in his neighbourhood, who saw him, to give a statement.
I searched it up and this appears to have been the story discussed --my memory was a bit off; it wasn't Facebook but an online forum. But yeah, someone did verify the event.
It appeared that what happened was that the teen liked to brag about street racing online on the forum. People on the forum, including locals, got concerned about the guy, the police were called, and they found someone in his neighbourhood, who saw him, to give a statement.
Wow must have been a hibitual offender. Good job researching your claim.
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