Facebook has been the hard evidence used by judicial administrators and police and many universities to put away students for drug and alcohol use, based on picture evidence they post on facebook. However, the NY Times describes Facebook as a tool of misinformation and protest:

Once again they used the site, which is visited by more than 80 percent of the student body, to chat up a beer blast. But this time, when the campus police showed up, they found 40 students and a table of cake and cookies, all decorated with the word “beer.” “We even set up a cake-pong table,” a twist on the beer-pong drinking game, he says. “The look on the faces of the cops was priceless.”

The flow of free and unverified information goes both ways. As easy as it may be to learn something new, or connect unrelated bits of information, it’s just as easy to poison the listeners with false or misleading data.

2 Responses to “Facebook strikes back”

1. Johnny says:

   3/14/2007 at 3:33 am

   HAHA. Dumbass Cops!!!!!

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2. bryce says:

   4/5/2007 at 8:46 pm

   **** THE FUCKEN PIGS

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