Chamberlin, T. (2012, November 4) Links between social media and crime surge as Facebook referenced in thousands of offences logged by police. The Australian. Retrieved by http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/links-between-social-media-and-crime-surge-as-facebook-referenced-in-thousands-of-offences-logged-by-police/story-e6frg6n6-1226509825963
The police of Queensland, Australia logged 5,000 offences that Facebook was involved. One example of many such events was an assault of a mother which was led by a heated argument on Facebook. Crimes that link to Facebook are many of the following: prostitution, murder, stealing, drug offences, stalking, kidnapping, and trespassing. The Right to Information laws revealed that Facebook is linked to 19 murders, 12 attempted murders, 728 assaults, 542 sexual offences, and 370 fraud cases. This is cased by putting too much detail on Facebook of your personal life which is information to others now. Detective Superintendent Brian Hay worded it perfectly describe the situation with the crimes linking to Facebook, "The more you put out there, the more you put a target on your back. This idea of being private on the internet is a redundant notion. We've got to accept that it is very real, tangible and could come back to bite you."
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