For everyone who’s ever said that Facebook ain’t good for nothing: you are refuted thusly.
Facebook Crime Fighter
by Scott H. Payne on November 19, 2009
Scott is a sometimes blogger and social media consultant/principal at East Side Media. In addition to writing at the League of Ordinary Gentlemen, Scott is also a founding member of Beams and Struts and a fellow at the Canadian Council for Democracy's blog the Commons. You can reach Scott via email and follow him on Twiter.
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Hmm. I was pondering becoming a criminal, but prudence would dictate that I first get rid of my Facebook profile. No can do. I guess I’ll remain an upstanding citizen.
Because of Facebook, I discovered an entire branch of my family that I didn’t even know existed (though I’d suspected as much thanks the rarity of my surname).
A good friend of mine found the identity of a woman’s rapist via Facebook.
He had gone to the bars with a group of female acquaintances and one of them brought a man back to the hotel with them. She woke up to discover she had been raped and thankfully my friend’s talent for casual had conversation previously revealed the man’s name and major at our university. He was able to track him down and recognize the rapist’s Facebook picture for the police.
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