Word: bebo
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...Norwich Youth Court in eastern England issued an Anti-Social Behavior Order (Asbo) against a local 17-year-old implicated in petty criminal boasting on the online community Bebo...
...instance, he pasted an excerpt from a Norfolk Constabulary press release about his and his friends' crimes with the heading "Oh yeah, we are notorious." He also invited fellow Bebo users to "Leave a comment if you hate the c---- who harass you on a Friday or Saturday night...
...Asbo was granted after policeman Tim Chapman of the Norfolk Constabulary applied for permission to use the Web to investigate criminal activity in the Hellesdon area. (Norfolk police officers are normally banned from social networking sites like Bebo in order to keep officers from wasting time.) "There is an attitude within the youth community that they are technically able but everyone over 24 is technically inept. That's their naivety, and our advantage," Chapman told TIME...
...Even so, police are right to turn their attention from traditional hot spots like pubs and town squares to virtual gathering sites like Bebo and Facebook, according to Jonathan Zittrain, Professor of Internet Governance and Regulation at Oxford University. They are fertile ground for petty criminals. "One drawback is that there's so much antisocial behavior to choose from, like fishing in a spot where the fish bit as quickly as the bait is lowered," he said...
...Hellesdon, Chapman said he is already following up several Bebo and Facebook posts containing pictures of underage drinking and cannabis use. He is also monitoring the web use of the 17-year-old, who faces up to five years in prison if he is found to have breached his cyber-Asbo...