Cyber Beat: Daily Roundup of Social Media and Tech Stories 3/6

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Social Media Trends and Happenings.
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When celebrities attack!

• Shia LaBeouf Flames Alec Baldwin On Twitter, But Leaves Huge Hunting Knife At Home

Presented without comment… You be the judge.

• Facebook’s breast police censor famous art museum

I think one point the author (whose opinion I respect) may be missing through his interpretation of the Pew study’s results is that you don’t necessarily have to get to the end readers via Twitter to break news.  While the study found that only 3% of the public consume news via Twitter, often the larger news outlets pick up what citizen journalists are breaking on Twitter, and that is what then reaches the broader general news audience. 

• Twitter for news? Not so much

TechDirt has been following the hilariously insane saga of Global Wildlife Foundation vs. legal blogger and free speech advocate Ken White at Popehat.  Now TechDirt becomes the target.

• Our Turn To Get Bizarre Legal Threats From Global Wildlife Foundation

TechDirt on the drone inquisition.  (by the way, GO RAND PAUL!)

• Eric Holder On Domestic Drone Strikes: Eh, Could Happen

Ars Technica covers a bill proposed by a bipartisan group of House representatives to stop the feds from obtaining your private e-mails without getting a warrant from a judge.  Because, you know, Petraeus.

• Bill would force cops to get a warrant before reading your e-mail

 An argument on Skype led to a 12-year old’s SWATting.  Stop the insanity!

• ‘Swatting,’ a prank with deadly potential, gains popularity: Online spat leads to hoax emergency call in Colonie

Latest news on the Barrett Brown front.

• Trials delayed for man with hacking group ties

“Under questioning from Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) at a wide-ranging Judiciary Committee hearing, Holder said critics were paying too much attention to the charges Swartz was indicted on and not enough to the repeated offers prosecutors made to resolve the case in exchange for a guilty plea and a jail term of a few months.”

• Holder defends alleged hacker’s prosecution

A Swedish man leaked a torrent of Beyonce’s album to The Pirate Bay, and now Sony wants to get paid.  Sony says “its relationship with Beyonce was imperiled by the leak and says its marketing efforts and Beyonce’s own reputation also took a hit.”

• Beyonce Leak: Sony Sues Man Who Pirated ‘4’ For $233,000

Vindication!

• Gaming linked to greater emotional well-being during aging, according to study

I can’t imagine gamers will actually have any interest in this, but I’m sure the creators are going for a slightly different (yet similar) demographic.  Regardless… Congress? Fun? Really? LOL.

• Congress the video game: Game for students aims to make Congress serious fun

Well, I’m sure Snoop Dogg will enjoy it.

• Snoop Dogg Stars in New Video Game:  ‘Way of the Dogg’ will be ‘rhythm-action’ game

“Anonymous sources, confused PR, and the odd life of a short-lived claim.”

• How rumors of Dead Space’s death may have been greatly exaggerated