Dashem Tesfamichael shows off his tattoos, designer clothes and jewellery alongside gun emojis on Instagram. In one post he poses for a selfie with a cartoon sunglasses filter. The snaps were taken using a phone illegally smuggled into jail. In captions, Tesfamichael boasts how he feels like “100”, how … Read …
Ah, Instagram. Most don't go a day without opening up the iconic app. If anything, it is the first thing people check after opening their eyes in the morning. Whether you're checking how many likes you got on your selfie or stalking your ex, you can't help but tap on …
MUMBAI: WhatsApp and a broken cellphone helped the GRP establish the identity of a railway accident victim and track down his family recently. Suryaprakash Shrivastava, the 52-year-old deceased, a grocery store owner from Uttar Pradesh had come to Mumbai to visit his son, He got knocked down … Read More
A dealer advertising "drugs for sale" on social media was arrested in a pioneering operation which took police 120 miles from Bridgend to Redditch, Worcestershire. The kingpin was caught out after using Whatsapp to offer types of ecstasy to customers in south Wales. In a first, a fingerprint identification … Read …
A pioneering fingerprint technique used to convict a drugs gang from a Whatsapp message has revolutionised how officers approach evidence. An image of a man holding ecstasy tablets in his palm was found on the mobile of someone arrested in Bridgend. It was sent to South Wales Police's scientific … Read …
During the coordinated airstrikes in Syria launched by the United States, France, and Britain in response to a chemical attack on civilians believed to be carried out by the Assad regime, Twitter users rushed to find reliable sources of information about the attack. Unfortunately, many of them were tricked … Read …
I'm an idiot. Why? Because I called someone an idiot on Twitter. Here's the quick backstory: Someone in the Twittersphere called the Rockies' Nolan Arenado “soft” because Arenado charged the mound and set off the donnybrook between the Rockies and Padres on Wednesday afternoon. I know … Read More
Kanye West's Twitter feed has long been a source of fascination. In the past, he's used it to drop philosophical nuggets of wisdom ("Fur pillows is actually hard to sleep on"), lectures about up-and-comers ("I am your O.G. and I will be respected as such"), and promote his family's projects. …
A series of tough inquiries about how much personal information Facebook vacuums up on and off its social network seemed particularly vexing for Zuckerberg, who couldn't quantify it. He was vague about whether Facebook was a monopoly and whether it would offer an ad-free option, as well as about … Read …
After a long month and an even longer week for Facebook, the social network is taking publicity-friendly steps to scrub hateful views from its platform. Two pages associated with the prominent white nationalist Richard Spencer were removed on Friday. Both the National Policy Institute, an organization … Read More