By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI wants greater access. CNET reports that that the FBI is pushing for legislation to force social networks like Facebook and Twitter, email providers and peer-to-peer networks to become “wiretap friendly. CNET reports that the legislation would expand a current law for cell phone operators and broadband networks. To read…
By Brendan Sasso The Hill WASHINGTON –In less than a week, nearly 55,000 people have signed a petition urging the Justice Department to investigate whether employers who ask for their workers’ Facebook passwords are breaking the law. “Employers should not be allowed to demand private social networking passwords from job applicants. This privacy violation needs…
By Leslie Horn PC Magazine Two U.S. senators are asking the Justice Department and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to investigate whether employers asking for the Facebook passwords of job applicants is against the law. The Associated Press is reporting that the offices of Democratic Sens. Chuck Schumer of New York and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com It is no secret that social networks provide riches of info available to the public. And the FBI is looking for ways to cash in on that and better monitor info on social networks like Facebook and Twitter, reports the New Scientist. A document released on January 19 shows the bureau…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com A failed city council candidate from Carson, Calif. has caught the attention of the Secret Service after posting racist commentary about the president on Facebook, reports the Los Angeles Times. Jules Manson, who ran in March for city council on the Libertarian platform, called Barack Obama a “monkey,” then called for…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com There’s a downside to the White House being hip to social media. The Associated Press reports that the Secret Service is investigating three threatening messages that were posted on the White House’s Facebook page. The messages, first reported by WNBC in New York, included a photo of Osama bin Laden and…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Javaris Crittenton, who was suspended by the NBA in a gun incident in Washington in 2009, was not the most sought after player in the league. But now he feels more wanted — by the FBI that is. The Associated Press reports that the FBI is helping Atlanta and Los Angeles…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com On one Facebook fan page, where the California “Geezer Bandit” has 6,798 people who “like this”, fan Carl Randall wrote on Saturday: “So THIS is what happens when the government freezes Social Security COLA raises!! LOL! YOU GO GEEZER BANDIT!!” Fan Ronnie Israel wrote: “Geezer has the FBI going around in…
