Israeli Raid Called Off After Soldier Compromises Mission With Facebook Update

According to Haaretz, the Israel Defense Forces called off a raid in the West Bank after a soldier posted details of the operation on Facebook. In addition to telling where the raid would take place, the soldier also said when it would start and when it would end. Interestingly, the soldier was reported to military authorities by his Facebook friends. This story should serve as a lesson to the United States military, who only recently allowed soldiers to use social networking websites.

Missouri Teen Suspended For Facebook Comments

A Missouri teen was attacked at school after posting an unflattering comment about one of her classmates to Facebook. Interestingly, the school has decided not only to suspend the girl’s attacker for fighting, but also the girl for posting the comment to Facebook in the first place. Now, the girl and her family are wondering whether or not the school has the right to punish her for her Facebook comments.

Can Toyota Tweet Its Way Out of a PR Crisis?

In what can only be described as a public relations nightmare, Toyota has been fighting to restore public faith in its cars after a series of safety recalls have called the company’s credibility into question. How does Toyota plan to regain their customers’ trust? One step they are taking is the establishment of Toyota Conversations, a Toyota-branded Twitter channel on TweetMeme.

Toyota isn’t the first company to turn to Twitter to help spin positive news and engage with customers, but will it be successful in the face of such massive negative publicity?

Proposed Utah Legislation Gives Prosecutors Major Access to Private Internet Data

According to Techdirt, proposed legislation in Utah would give the state attorney general’s office unprecedented power to demand information from Internet service providers. The Techdirt article alleges that, “prosecutors in the Attorney General’s office demand names, addresses, phone numbers, and bank information from mobile phone operators and ISPs — without a judge reviewing the request.” Check out the legislation for yourself.

Twitter Closes In On 10 Billion Tweets

According to Mashable, Twitter is on pace to reach 10 billion tweets. Considering the company reached one billion tweets around this same time last year, it is obvious that Twitter has seen an unprecedented growth. How funny would it be if the 10 billionth tweet was something wildly inappropriate or pure spam?