Tag: social media

‘You need to call me now’: Delphi murder trial testimony reveals text from Libby’s grandmother

Testimony continued Oct. 23 in the trial of Richard Allen in Delphi, Indiana.
Allen, 52, is accused of killing two teens who went missing Feb. 13, 2017, and were found dead the next day. He was arrested in 2022 and faces two counts of murder and two counts of murder while kidnapping in the deaths of Abigail “Abby” Williams and Liberty “Libby” German. […]

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Digital Forensics Reignites 2019 Cold Case Murder Of Kimberly Bell

In a major development in a four-year-old cold case, the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office in Colorado announced on Oct. 15 the arrest of two suspects in the 2019 murder of Kimberly Bell, a 51-year-old woman who was reported missing from Franktown, Colorado.

Javier “Alex” Martell, 30, and Jennifer Bremer, 38, were arrested in connection to Bell’s murder, marking a breakthrough achieved through a combination of witness statements and cutting-edge digital forensic techniques. […]

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N.J. going after ‘sextortion’ as parents sound alarm on predators who target minors on social media

Long gone are the times when law enforcement would simply warn parents of dangerous people on the street. From online video games to every other app that connects to the world, people on the hunt to sextort victims lurk under bogus usernames and identities. […]

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Social Media Timeline of Gabby Petito

Eleven days into the search for missing travel blogger Gabrielle “Gabby” Petito, authorities reported Tuesday that human remains recovered two days prior at a national park in Wyoming had been positively identified as Petito and that she had died as a result of homicide. […]

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Berkeley Law creates protocol to use social media as evidence for war crimes

A three-year joint effort by Berkeley Law’s Human Rights Center (HRC) and the U.N. Human Rights Office, the Protocol marks the first global guidelines for using publicly available information online – including photos, videos, and other content posted to social media sites – as evidence in international criminal and human rights investigations. […]

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Facebook Launches New Video Series, Hosted by Post Malone, Exclusively on Messenger and Instagram

Facebook has announced the launch of a new video series, hosted by Post Malone, which it will make exclusively available on Messenger and Instagram via the Watch Together option, which it rolled out back in September. […]

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California just passed a major privacy law that will make it harder for Facebook and Google to track people and gather data

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A new law passed by California voters in the November election will set an unprecedented standard for digital privacy in the US, making it harder for big tech companies like Facebook and Google to track people’s data. […]

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Facebook rebuffs Turkey’s controversial social media law

Facebook told Turkish civil society members it would not comply with Ankara’s new social media law over concerns it would limit free speech rights, setting the stage for possible fines and access blocks on the platform as other social media companies consider their options. […]

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