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   On the other hand...

   

   Lisae Boucher (profile), Dec 2nd, 2009 @ 3:21am

   
   

   On the other hand, when the police uses Facebook to catch minors who are drinking alcoholic beverages, people just start to complain about this misuse of social networks. Although minors drinking alcohol is far less offensive than generic criminal behavior, I cannot help but wonder why people are booing the use of Facebook to fine those underage alcoholics...
   
   At least it's good to see that law enforcement is starting to value these social networks as a source of information about (criminal) misbehavior.

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   Re: On the other hand...

   

   DS, Dec 2nd, 2009 @ 3:38am

   
   

   Because we live in a culture when someone gets drunk and something happens to them (with the exception of driving), it's the other person's fault.

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   This is a good thing?

   

   MN, Dec 2nd, 2009 @ 4:51am

   
   

   I agree that it's good that LEA aren't blaming Twitter, but the government spying on it is not, unconditionally, a good thing. Like other forms of surveillance, Twitter snooping must be subject to oversight and transparency concerns, lest it be used for the wrong purposes. Welcoming police surveillance of Twitter or any other form of communication is like welcoming them to put a camera on you 24/7 and wait for you to accidentally break any one of the nation's 10,000 laws (most of which are suspect or contradict other laws).

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   Anonymous Coward, Dec 2nd, 2009 @ 5:51am

   
   

   MN are you kidding? You are posting on a public web site and you expect privacy? Sorry but I see no reason to police what gets monitoried on social public web sites.

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   Re: This is a good thing?

   

   Peter, Dec 2nd, 2009 @ 5:51am

   
   

   I think the fundamental difference between this type of survalence and other types of 'snooping' is that Twitter/Facebook are public forums. I certainly have no expectation of privacy if I put a note on a neighbor's door describing our mutual crime! Andd while Twitter/Facebook are not entirely public, the involvement of 3rd parties (friend-ed individuals) certainly makes it seem public to me!

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   Anonymous Coward, Dec 2nd, 2009 @ 5:57am

   
   

   Why would they blame twitter? it isn't like twitter is being used to solicit for an illegal act (such as craigslist prostitution ads). In this regard, Twitter is no different from people yelling across a room.
   
   I sense that this will be used as part of a future "smart-dumb" post about law enforcement.

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   They forgot to tell their AG

   

   Killer_Tofu (profile), Dec 2nd, 2009 @ 6:10am

   
   

   The NY police there need to tell their attorney general about this. Maybe he will stop to think about acting like an ignorant fool when it comes time to twitter / craigslist / insert internet site here.

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   Re: On the other hand...

   

   Mike C. (profile), Dec 2nd, 2009 @ 6:19am

   
   

   We complain about the misuse of social networks because the police are taking a single moment in time and using that to convict someone of a crime.
   
   Change the situation somewhat and see if you still agree. Rather than a student holding a beer while relaxing on a deck, how about the same student sitting on the drivers seat of a car (car door open, legs outside the car) with keys hanging on his belt and getting arrested for drunk driving?
   
   The problem is that the photo only represents a single point in time and can't give a complete frame of reference. The case here is that the police are using social media as a clue to what might be happening or where and following up with hands-on police work.
   
   To me, while the situations seem similar (police using social media for crime prevention), the devil is in the details.

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   Next weeks headline

   

   Johnny Canada, Dec 2nd, 2009 @ 9:25am

   
   

   "AG Andrew Cuomo Press Charges against Twitter"
   
   Claiming they are behind gang activity

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    Re: On the other hand...

    

    LeBazz (profile), Dec 4th, 2009 @ 8:12am

    
    

    Law enforcement in your area has nothing better to do than try to catch minors drinking (after the fact !!) ??? What part of the world are you from ? Saudi Arabia ?? This is utterly insane !

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    nice stuff

    

    i wanted you lyrics, Oct 5th, 2010 @ 1:26pm

    
    

    Investigators are monitoring the traffic in hopes of sweeping up gangbangers before the bloodshed - and searching Twitter after attacks for clues

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