FTC allows selfies to verify parental consent for kids using online services
Rules under the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act require websites and online services directed at children to take the consent of the child’s parent …
Sexting boy’s naked selfie recorded as crime by police
A boy who sent a naked photograph of himself to a girl at school has had the crime of making and distributing indecent images …
Site operator pleads guilty to facilitating prostitution, a first in federal convictions
A California man who ran the website myRedBook[.]com has pleaded guilty to “facilitating prostitution,” according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). On Thursday, …
London woman charged with encouraging terrorism on Twitter
A woman has been charged with encouraging terrorism on Twitter, police have said. Alaa Abdullah Esayed, 22, of Kennington, south London, will appear before …
Apple to beef up iCloud security alerts after celeb photo hack
Apple plans to bolster its iCloud security measures to prevent the hijacking of accounts like that associated with last weekend’s release of a large …
Facebook’s government request report adds Instagram — duck face and all
Facebook on Friday released its second government requests report covering the second half of 2013, and it expands its scope from the first one …
Snapchats Don’t Disappear: Forensics Firm Has Pulled Dozens of Supposedly-Deleted Photos From Android Phones
A 24-year-old forensics examiner from Utah has made a discovery that may make some Snapchat users think twice before sending a photo that they …
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