A frightening bit from Sherwood Forest:

News reports indicate that 45-year-old Colin Gunn was permitted by prison wardens to set up a Facebook account from which he had been threatening persons whom he intends to target upon his release. It seems that this gang boss from Nottingham, England, is serving a 35-year sentence in a maximum security prison for conspiracy to commit murder. His account had been open for two months and, in that time, he amassed 565 “friends”, threatened individuals for “disappointing” him, and continued to run his organization. His account was shut down on Friday, January 29, right before the Times published their article exposing his activity.

Unfortunately, this is a trend in social networking. Twitter, MySpace, and YouTube also are being used as cybercenters for criminal activity. “Cyberbanging”, as some call it, is now a means of recruiting, threatening and bragging about criminal exploits. However, MySpace  is the site of choice since it has been around longer and is easier to search.

Seems Mr. Gunn is not the first to come up with this idea. And he likely won’t be the last.

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