WHO@ Newsletter - June 18, 2012
I couldn't make this up if I tried: Public safety alert packed in 17 syllables
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2012/06/1
The Arizona Transportation Department is looking for a few good poets to alert the public about the dangers of driving in dust storms.
The department challenged its 14,000 Twitter followers to write a haiku about driving safe during the storms, sometimes called haboobs, The Arizona Republic in Phoenix reported.
The challenge to make public safety poetic has drawn three-line, 17-syllable haikus from hundreds of followers, the newspaper said Thursday.
One entry: "Dust storms are deadly / Pull over, turn off lights, wait / As earth becomes sky."
The challenge is part of the department's "Pull Aside Stay Alive" campaign on safe driving during monsoon season, which officially began Thursday.
"We've never done anything like this before, so we weren't sure what to expect, and this is something different from the government," Timothy Tait, the department's assistant communication director, told the Republic. "It's taking a humorous, lighthearted approach for a serious topic."
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(DISCLAIMER: The following news items were found on the web and were not written or endorsed by WHO@; they are for informational purposes only)
Model ‘killed by cyber-stalker’ in Sheffield - 06/18/12
http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/local/mod
A PART-TIME glamour model was strangled to death by an ‘infatuated’ cyber-stalker whose marriage proposal she rejected, a court heard. Martin Vernarsky lavished his life savings on 34-year-old Ildiko Dohany including £5,000 towards an Audi and cash for a deposit on a house.
Google agrees to take down 640 YouTube 'terrorism' videos after request from UK police chiefs - 06/18/12
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art
Google removed 640 videos from YouTube in just six months amid fears they promoted terrorism. Five user accounts were closed for allegedly promoting terrorist activity, following requests from the Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo). In the second half of last year alone, the internet giant agreed to requests that saw the 640 videos deleted.
Who owns your Facebook page? New blow to social network site as it pays out $10MILLION to just five users for putting adverts in their Timelines - 06/18/12
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art
Facebook has agreed to dish out a whopping $10million to charity to settle a lawsuit that accused the site of violating users' rights to control the use of their own names, photos and likenesses, according to court documents made public this weekend.
Texas Man Charged with Felony for Online Sex Stalking Downers Grove Teen - 06/17/12
http://downersgrove.patch.com/artic
A Texas man has been charged with a felony by DuPage County for having sexually explicit online conversations with a 13-year-old Downers Grove girl. According to the Chicago Tribune, 45-year-old Rudolph Figueroa of Corpus Christi, Texas, has been extradited to Illinois and is expected to appear Sunday in bond court. Figueroa has been charged with a Class 4 Felony for "Grooming" and more charges could be coming.
Wealthy internet boss harassed by internet troll in terrifying three-year campaign wins order to stop harassment (after spending £150,000 in legal fees) - 06/16/12
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art
A wealthy internet entrepreneur who suffered a terrifying three-year cyber-stalking attack – forcing him to flee his home for three months – has finally won a High Court order to stop the harassment after police refused to intervene.
Investigating Stalking - 06/16/12
http://www.impactnottingham.com/201
It is estimated that 1 in 5 women and 1 in 10 men in the UK will experience stalking at some point in their lives, with the duration of stalking ranging anything from a few weeks to several decades. Whilst figures show that there were over one hundred thousand cases of stalking in the past year alone, it is thought that the crime is heavily underreported; the average victim experiences 100 incidents before contacting the police.
Computer hacker, 21, jailed for masterminding £27 MILLION fraud in his bedroom taking credit card details from unsuspecting internet users - 06/14/12
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art
A 21-year-old computer hacker has been jailed for three years for masterminding a scam which enabled £27million of fraud to be committed. Jay Moore set up fake shopping website Freshshop to ‘farm’ credit card data from unsuspecting users, which he then sold to international criminal gangs.
'Lucky' punter who scooped £650,000 betting online sues British-based gaming site which refused to pay out because of bug in its software - 06/14/12
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar
A gambler dubbed 'The Man Who Couldn't Lose' after winning £650,000 in just three hours of online gaming is facing a High Court bid to strip him of his jackpot.
'The fattest person I have seen in my life': Workmen fired for posting photograph of tenant's huge jeans on Facebook - 06/14/12
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar
Three builders who posted a photograph of a householder’s large shorts on Facebook have been sacked. Under the picture of one of the men holding up the denim shorts was the comment ‘the fattest person I have seen in my life’. The posting has been removed from the social networking site.
Indonesian man jailed for two-and-a-half years for writing ‘God doesn’t exist’ on his Facebook page - 06/14/12
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar
An Indonesian man was jailed for 30 months after writing "God doesn't exist" on his Facebook page. Alexander Aan, 30, was imprisoned on Thursday for sharing explicit material about the Prophet Mohammed online.
Is Facebook aiding lawless Britain? - 06/14/12
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/f
Nicola Brookes wasn’t even a big Facebook user – “I only had nine 'friends’ at the time” – when she posted a supportive comment about Frankie Cocozza, the X Factor contestant, after he’d been kicked off the show. So she was completely unprepared for the torrent of abuse that followed.
Wilshere calls in troll cops - 06/13/12
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/ne
ENGLAND ace Jack Wilshere has called cops after Twitter trolls claimed he had tested positive for cocaine. The outrageous suggestion that the Arsenal midfielder out of action since injuring his ankle last August has not been playing because he failed a drugs test was tweeted from two accounts and spread like wildfire last week.
Websites to be forced to identify trolls under new measures - 06/12/12
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18
Websites will soon be forced to identify people who have posted defamatory messages online. New government proposals say victims have a right to know who is behind malicious messages without the need for costly legal battles.
MP’s web troll banned from contacting Lord Sugar and CIA chief - 06/12/12
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/ne
A NET fiend who sent a threatening email to a Conservative MP was banned today from contacting a host of celebrities - including Lord Sugar.
Cyber Crime Fighting Detective Honored at Ceremony - 06/12/12
http://www.indianasnewscenter.com/n
More than 40 police officers and civilians were recognized at the Fort Wayne Police Department’s annual awards ceremony. The awards, handed out in front of dozens of friends and family of Fort Wayne law enforcement, was held at the Public Safety Academy. Among those recognized at the awards ceremony was Detective Lorrie Bandor. Bandor was given a letter of commendation for the five years she spent working on a cyber stalking case that, according to the Fort Wayne Police Department, netted the Hoosier State’s first ever cyber stalking trial and conviction.
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2012/06/1
The Arizona Transportation Department is looking for a few good poets to alert the public about the dangers of driving in dust storms.
The department challenged its 14,000 Twitter followers to write a haiku about driving safe during the storms, sometimes called haboobs, The Arizona Republic in Phoenix reported.
The challenge to make public safety poetic has drawn three-line, 17-syllable haikus from hundreds of followers, the newspaper said Thursday.
One entry: "Dust storms are deadly / Pull over, turn off lights, wait / As earth becomes sky."
The challenge is part of the department's "Pull Aside Stay Alive" campaign on safe driving during monsoon season, which officially began Thursday.
"We've never done anything like this before, so we weren't sure what to expect, and this is something different from the government," Timothy Tait, the department's assistant communication director, told the Republic. "It's taking a humorous, lighthearted approach for a serious topic."
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Visit WHOA on the web at http://www.haltabuse.org
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NEWS TO USE AND PASS ALONG!
(DISCLAIMER: The following news items were found on the web and were not written or endorsed by WHO@; they are for informational purposes only)
Model ‘killed by cyber-stalker’ in Sheffield - 06/18/12
http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/local/mod
A PART-TIME glamour model was strangled to death by an ‘infatuated’ cyber-stalker whose marriage proposal she rejected, a court heard. Martin Vernarsky lavished his life savings on 34-year-old Ildiko Dohany including £5,000 towards an Audi and cash for a deposit on a house.
Google agrees to take down 640 YouTube 'terrorism' videos after request from UK police chiefs - 06/18/12
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art
Google removed 640 videos from YouTube in just six months amid fears they promoted terrorism. Five user accounts were closed for allegedly promoting terrorist activity, following requests from the Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo). In the second half of last year alone, the internet giant agreed to requests that saw the 640 videos deleted.
Who owns your Facebook page? New blow to social network site as it pays out $10MILLION to just five users for putting adverts in their Timelines - 06/18/12
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art
Facebook has agreed to dish out a whopping $10million to charity to settle a lawsuit that accused the site of violating users' rights to control the use of their own names, photos and likenesses, according to court documents made public this weekend.
Texas Man Charged with Felony for Online Sex Stalking Downers Grove Teen - 06/17/12
http://downersgrove.patch.com/artic
A Texas man has been charged with a felony by DuPage County for having sexually explicit online conversations with a 13-year-old Downers Grove girl. According to the Chicago Tribune, 45-year-old Rudolph Figueroa of Corpus Christi, Texas, has been extradited to Illinois and is expected to appear Sunday in bond court. Figueroa has been charged with a Class 4 Felony for "Grooming" and more charges could be coming.
Wealthy internet boss harassed by internet troll in terrifying three-year campaign wins order to stop harassment (after spending £150,000 in legal fees) - 06/16/12
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art
A wealthy internet entrepreneur who suffered a terrifying three-year cyber-stalking attack – forcing him to flee his home for three months – has finally won a High Court order to stop the harassment after police refused to intervene.
Investigating Stalking - 06/16/12
http://www.impactnottingham.com/201
It is estimated that 1 in 5 women and 1 in 10 men in the UK will experience stalking at some point in their lives, with the duration of stalking ranging anything from a few weeks to several decades. Whilst figures show that there were over one hundred thousand cases of stalking in the past year alone, it is thought that the crime is heavily underreported; the average victim experiences 100 incidents before contacting the police.
Computer hacker, 21, jailed for masterminding £27 MILLION fraud in his bedroom taking credit card details from unsuspecting internet users - 06/14/12
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art
A 21-year-old computer hacker has been jailed for three years for masterminding a scam which enabled £27million of fraud to be committed. Jay Moore set up fake shopping website Freshshop to ‘farm’ credit card data from unsuspecting users, which he then sold to international criminal gangs.
'Lucky' punter who scooped £650,000 betting online sues British-based gaming site which refused to pay out because of bug in its software - 06/14/12
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar
A gambler dubbed 'The Man Who Couldn't Lose' after winning £650,000 in just three hours of online gaming is facing a High Court bid to strip him of his jackpot.
'The fattest person I have seen in my life': Workmen fired for posting photograph of tenant's huge jeans on Facebook - 06/14/12
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar
Three builders who posted a photograph of a householder’s large shorts on Facebook have been sacked. Under the picture of one of the men holding up the denim shorts was the comment ‘the fattest person I have seen in my life’. The posting has been removed from the social networking site.
Indonesian man jailed for two-and-a-half years for writing ‘God doesn’t exist’ on his Facebook page - 06/14/12
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar
An Indonesian man was jailed for 30 months after writing "God doesn't exist" on his Facebook page. Alexander Aan, 30, was imprisoned on Thursday for sharing explicit material about the Prophet Mohammed online.
Is Facebook aiding lawless Britain? - 06/14/12
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/f
Nicola Brookes wasn’t even a big Facebook user – “I only had nine 'friends’ at the time” – when she posted a supportive comment about Frankie Cocozza, the X Factor contestant, after he’d been kicked off the show. So she was completely unprepared for the torrent of abuse that followed.
Wilshere calls in troll cops - 06/13/12
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/ne
ENGLAND ace Jack Wilshere has called cops after Twitter trolls claimed he had tested positive for cocaine. The outrageous suggestion that the Arsenal midfielder out of action since injuring his ankle last August has not been playing because he failed a drugs test was tweeted from two accounts and spread like wildfire last week.
Websites to be forced to identify trolls under new measures - 06/12/12
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18
Websites will soon be forced to identify people who have posted defamatory messages online. New government proposals say victims have a right to know who is behind malicious messages without the need for costly legal battles.
MP’s web troll banned from contacting Lord Sugar and CIA chief - 06/12/12
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/ne
A NET fiend who sent a threatening email to a Conservative MP was banned today from contacting a host of celebrities - including Lord Sugar.
Cyber Crime Fighting Detective Honored at Ceremony - 06/12/12
http://www.indianasnewscenter.com/n
More than 40 police officers and civilians were recognized at the Fort Wayne Police Department’s annual awards ceremony. The awards, handed out in front of dozens of friends and family of Fort Wayne law enforcement, was held at the Public Safety Academy. Among those recognized at the awards ceremony was Detective Lorrie Bandor. Bandor was given a letter of commendation for the five years she spent working on a cyber stalking case that, according to the Fort Wayne Police Department, netted the Hoosier State’s first ever cyber stalking trial and conviction.
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