Twitter – Instrument of Misinformation?
With social networking giant Facebook taking the vast majority of publicity punches anywhere from privacy activists to child protection agencies, Twitter does manage to escape the daunting limelight of...
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Justin Bieber has Camera & Laptop Stolen. Internet Braces Itself..
As news breaks about Justin Bieber having his camera and laptop stolen, Internet surfers can brace themselves for the latest onslaught of Bieber-related scams to hit the web. Q: What is the one...
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Celeb Death Hoaxes meet Rogue Facebook Apps
Facebook users should be aware of rogue Facebook applications that uses the popular celebrity death hoaxes as bait. Such scams are circulating via automated Facebook posts made by rogue Facebook apps...
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Better check your facts before posting rumours online, possibe libel suits in...
Over the course of the year we have reported on the negative and potentially dangerous consequences of Internet hate campaigns that see social networking users jump onto online bandwagons to accuse and...
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Sandy Hook Hoaxes and Rumours go Viral
The horrific incidents in Sandy Hook have caused a slew of online hoaxes to circulate social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter highlighting the fact that many social networkers still don’t...
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Jon Venables Photos Leaked on Twitter
Images are once again circulating the Internet that purport to show one of the killers of James Bulger, now 30 year old Jon Venables. Jon Venables in 1993 Images apparently depicting Jon Venables have...
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Trial by Facebook – Dangerous Trends
We’ve seen it a lot lately. Posts identifying “guilty” individuals imploring others to identify, condemn, even exact revenge, on the people identified. It’s called Trial by Facebook, or Trial by Social...
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Men Sentenced for Online Venables Pics
A few months ago we posted on the dangers of circulating photos purporting to show Bulger killers Venables and Thompson. The UK courts ordered a worldwide blanket injunction prohibiting anyone...
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The Celebrity Death Hoax Debunked
For those familiar with the Internet, email and social media, you’ll also be well versed with the celebrity death hoax that often plagues the online world, exploiting our instant connectivity and the...
View ArticleJackie Chan takes on Morgan Freeman for Ultimate Celebrity Death Hoax 2013
Jackie Chan is quickly becoming the new Morgan Freeman in the world of fake dead celebrities as rumours of his demise refuse to, well, die. Often fake rumours reporting a death of a celebrity disappear...
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Video Plugins aren’t always Video Plugins
Malware scammers are always looking for techniques to lure victims into installing malicious software onto their computers, and disguising malware as a video plugin is proving to be the most...
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No, iOS7 does not make the iPhone waterproof.
If ever there was a moral tale about taking things you hear on the Internet with a pinch of salt, then this may be it. We spend plenty of time trying to educate readers that just because you see...
View ArticleDon’t broadcast your vacation plans this Christmas!
We’ve stated in previous articles that the amount of certain crimes, both in the real world and on the Internet, will dramatically increase as the festive season arrives. And in some cases, the crimes...
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European Babies to be RFID Microchipped by May 2014 Message
Social media is being flooded by links to a news story that claims that it will be mandatory for all European babies to be implanted with a “subcutaneous RFID chip”. However the rumour is entirely...
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The man who created a fake expert
Santiago Swallow. If you’ve never heard of him, we can only assume you’ve been living in a cave for the last few years. Santiago, you see, is one of the leading social media gurus on the planet. With...
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Protecting children on social media.
Social media can be a very dangerous place for young children, and it is the responsibility of both the website and the parent to ensure that they stay as safe as possible when using such services. At...
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iOs8 Wave allows users to charge iPhone in microwave?
A message is circulating the Internet advertising an apparent new feature to the latest Apple mobile operating system iOS8 called “Wave” that allows users to charge their mobile phone in any household...
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Twitter trolls lose their jobs after offensive tweets.
When ex-baseball pro Curt Schilling noticed a hurl of explicit Twitter abuse being directed towards his daughter, he approached the trolls with a somewhat head-on approach. It started when he publicly...
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Police and criminal bizarrely trade taunts online
We often discuss how law enforcement is increasingly using social media to help catch criminals and spread information. But this is perhaps the first time we’ve known the authorities to openly trade...
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Did a fake Bloomberg report cause Twitter stock to spike?
A fake article published on a spoof Bloomberg website claiming that Twitter have been offered a buy-out sum amounting to $31 billion is likely to have caused an 8.5% rise in Twitter stock, according to...
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