Facebook care, fact!
Facebook has been on the news a bit recently. There was the guy who had escaped from prison somwhere & spent weeks on the run taunting police with his Facebook entries. Then the killer of Ben Kinsella, Jade Braithewaite, had his Facebook page removed after taunting his victim’s family from his prison cell.
This week, news of another criminal inside using Facebook to threaten his enemies.
Colin Gunn, jailed on 2006 for a double killing, said on his Facebook page: “I will be home one day and can’t wait to look into certain peoples’ eyes and see the fear of me being here.”
I’d have thought that convicted killers would have difficulty accessing the Internet from a prison cell, & a spokesman said serving prisoners do not have access to the Internet except for educational purposes when access is closely monitored by staff, access to social networking sites is prohibited.
A Facebook spokesman said that their rules ban users from harassment or intimidation.
Judging by the amount of work which comes our way on a daily basis, they don’t appear to be very good at policing their own site. It would not be an exaggeration to say that every division in our area gets several complaints about threats & harassment every single day. I guess we attend more Facebook related incidents each day than we do burglaries. If Facebook decided to shut up shop there would be so many police-hours freed up the government wouldn’t know how best to spin the perceived extra-officer news best.
Blue Eyes says:
A friend of mine works in IT for a large organisation. He said when the company banned Facebook from being accessed during working hours, demand for internet access fell by 30%.
February 4th, 2010 at 9:47 am
pc hawkeye says:
Said on the telly this morning that the population of Facebook is greater than the population of Brazil and if it were a country it would be the fifth largest in the world.
Why didn’t I think of it grrrrrr.
February 4th, 2010 at 11:51 am
Pc A Hunn says:
Mop… I am being harrassed via facebook… Me… Delete it, block the sender, get out more. NCRS… Needs crime report for harassment…. Me… No it doesn’t it’s a minor none recordable telecommunications offence suitable advice given. NCRS… Ok. Job closed. NEXT.
February 4th, 2010 at 3:19 pm
36 years to 200 weeks formerly THE Gutsy Kid Detective says:
I’ve had to sign a contract for my new job that explicitly states that the company will be checking blogs under my name and my Facebook, and that if I say anything that vaguely “brings the company into disrepute” I can be soundly sacked. I don’t use Facebook much, and wouldn’t post personal opinions about my work (or add managers) on Facebook – but I really don’t feel comfortable with some man at business HQ looking through my stuff to check I love his boss and all is well.
It’s just a bit…creepy.
February 4th, 2010 at 3:48 pm
pc hawkeye says:
Right to privacy HR Act?
February 4th, 2010 at 6:35 pm
Tony F says:
I couldn’t find the time to carry on with facebook. Hell, I can hardly find the time to read all the comments….
February 4th, 2010 at 6:56 pm