When posting to any social media platform, it might help to think of all of it as potentially public. Remember that anyone can take a screenshot or copy and pass on your post without your knowledge. Is there anything you can’t find online? Apparently not. In recent years, social media has faced scrutiny for […]
Law Enforcement
#ThinkBeforeYouPost: FBI Warning
As more and more false alarms are popping up regarding school shootings and bomb threats, the FBI gets proactive in its defense of such action. Anyone thinking of pulling one of these hoaxes ought to think twice before doing so. Wednesday, May 30, 2018, the FBI began a proactive social media campaign titled, #thinkbeforeyoupost. The […]
Fake Accounts on Social Media
Facebook admits to as many as 270 million fake or clone accounts Have you ever had your friends tell you they received a new friend request from you? And then you think…wait, I didn’t send that! You’ve most likely been cloned on Facebook. And you’re not alone. All these accounts belong to customers of […]
Inside the Dark Web
What you Need to Know The dark web is just that…dark. This part of the web is only accessible through special software and allows buyers and sellers to remain anonymous or untraceable. And you know what that means…a lot of suspicious and illegal activity. Accessing this invisible part of the internet – where you can […]
Social Media and the Selling of Drugs to Kids
Drug dealers are increasingly using social media platforms such as Instagram and Snapchat to sell illegal substances to young people, some as young as 13. Experts have warned the “disturbing” trend rapidly growing in the last year and a half with young people buying illicit substances from strangers and meeting up with them. How are children being targeted? Instagram and Snapchat are the most popular platforms for drug dealers to use although similar activity has been reported on Facebook. […]