MEMPHIS — A 19-year-old man was arrested and charged with threatening a school official after police claimed he made death threats against students and teachers at a high school he previously attended. Jamal Smith was arrested at Millington High School. The school was placed on lockdown after Smith posted the death threats on Facebook. See […]
Oprah Winfrey might not be on the air every weekday with her famed daytime TV talk show, but she certainly hasn’t been out of the spotlight. In fact, she seems to be quite busy continuing to build her already effective global empire. This week she turns to social media and show us the reason why […]
  If you’re a frequent user of Facebook, and while you look at what your friend’s are up to, you’ll probably see status updates like this: THIS IS OFFICIAL… IT WAS EVEN ON THE NEWS… FACEBOOK WILL START CHARGING DUE TO THE NEW PROFILE CHANGES… IF YOU COPY THIS ON YOUR WALL YOUR ICON […]
NEW YORK — Police captured a man charged with robbing several banks by tracing posts and pictures on his Facebook page. Jesse Hippolite was charged by the NYPD with 3 stickups and is suspected of 16 others. Hippolite named himself after notorious bank robber, Willie S. Sutton on Facebook. The New York Daily News reports: […]
Courtesy of: Robin Akinwale – Radio One Baltimore, 92Q.com All of this technology is NOT good. If you have the FB app on your “Smart Phone”, Facebook is allowing it to make a DUMB move. All of your numbers that are stored in your phone (not just your facebook contacts) are online for any and […]
NEW YORK — The NYPD has formed a unit to monitor social media outlets Facebook, Twitter and Myspace to find out information about illegal flash mobs, house parties and gang fights. The New York Daily News reports: Newly named Assistant Commissioner Kevin O’Connor, one of the department’s online and gang gurus, has been put in […]
When is it appropriate to allow your children to use social websites like Facebook and Twitter? Do you allow them to browse these websites freely, or do you block it to keep them safe? Take a moment to listen to Roland Martin’s interview, with Psychologist Jeffrey Gardere, and be informed on ways to keep your child safe while web browsing.
PHILADELPHIA-Mariah Greene, an unborn baby whose mother has given her a Facebook page to document her birth, has had her page deleted from Facebook. The Huffington Post reports: By June 1, the baby’s profile already had over 350 friend requests, according to ABC, though the parents did not accept all, especially those from strangers. The […]
Tragedy and social media collide as reports of a mother’s last call for redemption leaves members of her young family dead this week. 25-year-old LaShanda Armstrong reportedly drove her minivan filled with her four small children into the Hudson River earlier this week after posting a rather alarming farewell on her Facebook page. In what […]
Just when you thought it was safe to go back on Facebook– ALSO READ: Chris Brown Apologizes For GMA Outburst
ALASKA-Sarah Palin’s daughter, Bristol Palin’s boyfriend, Giacinto “Gino” Paoletti, used the n-word and mocked people with down syndrome on Facebook. RELATED: Kathie Griffin calls Bristol Palin “White Precious” Gawker reports: In this one, Paoletti—who, as an Alaskan of Italian heritage, is stupendously white—recontextualizes the painful history of racial terror in this country by bravely appropriating […]
ATLANTA – Three middle school students were suspended or expelled from Chapel Hill Middle School for writing that their teacher was a rapist, a pedophile and was bi-polar. Also read: TOP 9 MUSIC VIDEOS OF THE 1990s The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports:
