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Hackers take over sentencing commission website
WASHINGTON (AP) — The hacker-activist group Anonymous says it hijacked the website of the U.S. Sentencing Commission to avenge the death of Aaron Swartz, an Internet activist who committed suicide. The FBI is investigating. The website of the...
Tags: FBI, Washington, DC, Crime, Law and Justice, Computer Crime, Aaron Swartz
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Reddit Meetup: Can users turn online connections into real ones?
What do President Obama, Morgan Freeman, NSA document-leaker Edward Snowden and some guy who goes by the name “probably hitting on you” have in common? They all know what time "the narwhal bacons." Specifically, they know "the narwhal...
Tags: Social Media, Microsoft Corporation, Father's Day, National Security Agency, Journalism
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How NY Post Is Acknowledging 'Bag Men' Libel Suit: It's Not (Update)
ReutersJun 07 (TheWrap.com) - When the New York Post thought it had big news in the Boston bombing investigation, it splashed images of two young men -- one of them a 16-year-old high school student -- across its front page under the headline "Bag Men." But...Tags: Anthony D. Weiner, Trials, Crime, Law and Justice, Sports, Boston Marathon
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Second Life
RedEyeSomewhere in the Chicago Police Department, someone spends more time on YouTube and Twitter than you do. Social networks and content-sharing sites have made it easier than ever for would-be criminals to sell stolen goods online, harass people, or...Tags: Social Media, Culture, Law Enforcement, Gang Activity, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013)
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12 Things We Learned About Ethan Hawke From Reddit
ReutersJun 05 (TheWrap.com) - Ethan Hawke, star of Universal's home invasion thriller "The Purge," capitalized on the film's social media buzz by taking to Reddit on Wednesday for a Q&A session with fans. Hawke, also starring in Richard Linklater's...Tags: Ethan Hawke, Social Media, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Leonardo DiCaprio, Fiction
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Can Hollywood's star machine master Reddit's 'Ask Me Anything'?
In early April, while making the promotional rounds for "Oblivion," Morgan Freeman made an appearance on the “Ask Me Anything” section of the popular social news and entertainment website Reddit. For those unfamiliar with “Ask Me...Tags: MTV (tv network), Social Media, Celebrities, Entertainment, Tom Cruise
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After Boston, looking for solutions to mounting media confusion
The Baltimore SunOne of the driving principles in the live and late-breaking world of TV news is to just keep moving on. Don’t dwell too long on yesterday’s mistakes, or you’ll miss today’s big story. But the mistakes made by social media and...Tags: FBI, Social Media, Radio Industry, Brown University, CNN (tv network)
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Zach Braff on needing Kickstarter: 'I don't have Oprah Winfrey money'
Actor and director Zach Braff's efforts to use Kickstarter to fund a movie about a struggling actor's existential crisis has turned into a minor public relations crisis. Mere hours after launching the campaign to fund production for "Wish I Was Here,"...Tags: Social Media, Oprah Winfrey, Celebrities
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How the Boston Bombing Investigation Unfolded
Within hours of the Boston Marathon bombing, investigators were already overwhelmed. Bloody clothing, bags, shoes and other evidence from victims and witnesses was piling up. Videos and still images, thousands of them, were pouring in by e-mail and...Tags: FBI, Social Media, Islam, Police Investigations, Heavy Engineering
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Reddit's apology, Matthew Keys' firing and lessons from Boston
Matthew Keys, a controversy-plagued deputy social media editor at Thomson Reuters, tweeted today that he was fired by the news organization. His name has not been associated of late with best journalistic practices. Keys, 26, a one-time web producer...
Tags: Los Angeles Times, Tribune Company, Social Media, Brown University, Sports
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Reddit apologizes for fueling Boston bombings online witch hunts
Reddit is apologizing for its role in fueling the social media witch hunts for the Boston bombings suspects. The social news website became one of the must-reads last week for the latest news and thoughts on the Boston Marathon bombings. But it also...
Tags: Twitter, Inc., FBI, Social Media, Sports, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
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Daum: Getting it wrong in Boston
As social media sites have pelted out news of the Boston bombing, playing fast and loose with the numbers of the dead and injured and amplifying hearsay into a cacophony of confusion, one tweet seemed to say it all: "Dear Journalism: Get yourself together...
Tags: Twitter, Inc., Social Media, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Columbine High School, Sports
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