On Students, MySpace and the First Amendment:
Here’s another story where rather than punishing their kid decided to file a lawsuit.
A 12-year-old girl from a Pennsylvania school made a fake profile of Principal James S. McGonigle. The profile said that his interests included hitting on students and parents called him a pedophile among other things. The […]
Missing DeKalb Sisters Found; Girls Use MySpace To Fake Abduction:
Two girls from Dekalb County, Georgia, ages 14 and 6 disappeared from their father’s home on Saturday night. They had messaged their family through MySpace say that they had been abducted. Luckily that story was a lie and they were found safe at a friend’s house […]
Judge: New Britain Man Who Created Fake MySpace Page Should Face Trial:
22-year-old Matthew Aiudi of Connecticut tried to get a slap on the wrist for making a fake ’sexually explicit’ MySpace of a woman he felt ignored him.
Superior Court Judge Joan Alexander rejected Matthew Aiudi’s request for accelerated probation. She said in New Britain that […]
Frenzy that followed Clifford Olson MySpace profile troubling, expert says:
This is an article from the Canadian Press that states basically what I said a few days ago that the purported MySpace of convicted serial killer Clifford Olson is a fake.
But even before corrections officials pointed out that inmates don’t have Internet access, there were […]
Mattoon teens charged after creating fake MySpace page for teacher:
Three teens from Mattoon High School in Illinois have been given disorderly conduct citations for making a fake derogatory MySpace about one of their teachers. Before everyone starts the weeping and gnashing of teeth that means they were given a ticket.
Anyway local police found the three […]
Moroccan king pardons man convicted of usurping prince’s identity on Facebook:
I’ve posted about Fouad Mourtada before. He was the 26-year-old from Morroco who was imprisoned for making a fake Facebook profile of a Moroccan prince.
Luckily Morocco’s King Mohammed has pardoned Mourtada along with 565 other pardons.
The official says the pardon is one of 566 […]
Facebook Denies Role in Morocco Arrest:
Facebook is claiming that they gave no information to the Moroccan government as to the identity of Fouad Mourtada. Mourtada was jailed for three years for making a fake Facebook of a Moroccan prince.
Brandee Barker, a Facebook spokewoman, said in a statement that the company’s privacy policy and terms of […]
Moroccan Bloggers Protest Jailing for Facebook Prank:
Bloggers in Morocco are up in arms about the jailing of Fouad Mourtada. Mourtada is the man who was sentenced to 3 years in prison for making a Facebook profile that imitated Prince Moulay Rachid. As far as I know it wasn’t a parody but rather a tribute to […]
Moroccan jailed for royal Facebook ‘joke’:
This is a story for all those people who complain about free speech rights being violated when their precious little snowflakes get disciplined for making libelous fake MySpaces of people.
In Morocco 27-year-old computer engineer Fouad Mourtada was sentenced to 3 years in prison for making a fake Facebook of King […]
Teen MySpace Hoaxer’s Lament:
An unnamed 13-year-old from Ohio was expelled from Hillside Middle School in Parma, Ohio after he created a fake MySpace of Hillside Middle School Principal Jeff Cook.
The MySpace profile, which was headlined “Your Princeypal,” did not carry Cook’s name, but it included his photo and identified him as the Hillside Middle School […]
Judge: MySpace charges stand:
A Pennsylvania Judge refused to dismiss charges against Kevin Andrew Burd. Burd is accused of setting up a racist MySpace under another teen’s name.
Burd has been charged with identity theft, reckless endangerment, harassment and disorderly conduct, and for being an all around assclown. Ok, I made that last part up.
Burd is […]
Teen charged for posting nude photos of girl on MySpace:
A 14-year-old boy from Uniontown,Pennsylvania was arrested on charges of sexual abuse of children, identity theft and harassment after posting a nude pic of a 15-year-old girl on MySpace. The kid received the picture on his cell phone then posted the pic on MySpace pretending to […]
Pa. principal sues former students over fake MySpace profiles:
The other day I posted about Eric W. Trosch and the lawsuit he was filing against some students in regards to some fake MySpaces that were made about him. This recent article explains what exactly was on those fakes…
According to the suit, which seeks unspecified punitive damages, […]
Principal sues 4 ex-students over profiles on Myspace:
I apologize in advance because this post is going to be full of snark.
A middle school principal in Pennsylvania is suing four former students over a string of MySpaces that allegedly humiliated the principal.
The Hermitage Middle School principal has sued four former students over “demeaning” and “demoralizing” Myspace.com […]
Fake Shawn works MySpace:
Apparently some jackass thought it would be funny to post a fake MySpace of kidnap victim Shawn Hornbeck. For those of you in subterranean mineral dwelling (that’s the PC term for living under a rock) Shawn Hornbeck was the kidnapped, held captive, and sexually assaulted for 4-years by scumbag Michael J Devlin.
“Their […]
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