Category Archives: Internet Crimes
Is There Screen Time In Prison?
You don’t have to click on your favorite social media app very many times before you end up in a feedback loop about how screen time is ruining society. There is a line of thinking, quite prominent on online content platforms, about how electronic devices and the noisy, fast-paced videos they play, are zapping… Read More »
Western Pennsylvania Man Gets Felony Charges For Following Chatbot’s Clanker-Brained Relationship Advice
Love has always been difficult, since long before the greeting card companies commercialized Valentine’s Day. Medieval poems in Arabic and Persian tell of lovers dying from sadness upon separation from their beloved; sometimes they simply died of intensity of emotion while their beloved was still present, as if love itself were fatal, regardless of… Read More »
Can You Get Into Legal Trouble For Secretly Recording Phone Conversations?
These days, we always keep our eyes on our phones, and they always keep their eyes on us. Smartphones are so smart that they know you better than you know yourself. Your phone can help you remember all kinds of things, from your baby’s first smile to the items you want to pick up… Read More »
Pittsburgh Man Gets 25 Years In Prison For Attempted Solicitation Of A Minor
It is possible to explain the occurrence of many Internet crimes by the fact that people think that they are a lot more anonymous online than they are. Your alter ego can make threats, offer to buy and sell illegal items, and share illegal content on the dark web and even on social media… Read More »
Laurel Highlands Teacher Faces Charges For Wiretapping After Recording Conversation With Student
Today’s high school students have lived their entire lives in an era where it is easy to record audio and video on their phone. Their parents’ computer files probably contain audio recordings of their first words and preverbal infant vocalizations. Family members have recorded virtually every moment of their lives, from their toddler tantrums… Read More »
Chester Springs Man Pleads Guilty To Hacking College Computer Networks
Data breaches are a nightmare for businesses. When someone hacks into the computer network of a company and steals the personal identity information, bank account numbers, and credit card numbers stored on computers belonging to the network, the financial losses can be enormous. The customers and employees whose data got stolen can sue the… Read More »
Doylestown Mom Charged With Harassment for Online Bullying of Daughter’s Cheerleading Teammates
Complaining about the Internet habits of the youth has been a favorite hobby of parents since the mid-90s, when those America Online CDs used to arrive in the mail, and during the pandemic, with kids and parents stuck in the house all day, connected to the outside world only by a Wi-Fi connection, it… Read More »
Teen facing Internet crimes charges for witness intimidation
A teenager in Pennsylvania is facing criminal charges after allegedly posting secret grand jury information on his Internet social media page. The 17-year-old has been charged with Internet crimes in connection with the case, as investigators work to understand how the young man got his hands on the evidence. The young man is slated to be… Read More »
Man released after appeal for Internet-related crime
The alleged perpetrator of a serious Internet data crime has been released from custody. The man, who calls himself “Weev” online, was charged with an Internet crime after reportedly stealing personal data from more than 100,000 Apple iPad users — perhaps including some from Pennsylvania — several years ago. He had been sentenced to 41 months… Read More »
Man receives light sentence for Internet-related crime
A Pennsylvania man from Upper Moreland has received a modest jail sentence after pleading guilty to a serious of sex crimes. The 31-year-old man reportedly pleaded guilty to sex abuse of children, along with Internet-related crime including possessing child pornography. In exchange, he will serve only eight to 23 months in the local county jail…. Read More »
