Der CEO der Firestorm Forces Inc., El Segundo, CA, USA,  und seine Frau, werden innerhalb Facebooks von einer Gruppe betruegerischer “falscher Adliger” (siehe unsere Post ueber der sog. “2. Haus de Montfort”) diffamiert, verleumdet und in ihren Persoenlichkeitsrechten verletzt. Strafanzeigen gegen die entsprechenden Personen sind bereits gestellt.

Facebook reagiert in keinster Weise auf Aufforderungen, die Accounts der Personen Alfred Boecker alias Comte Alfred de Montfort sowie Andre Zoll alias Comte Rochus de Montfort zu sperren.

Diese beiden polizeibekannten Personen beschuldigen und diffamieren immer wieder andere Facebook Nutzer mit erwiesenermassen falschen Behauptungen und Anschuldigungen.
Sie machen sich dabei die Tatsache zunutze, dass sie innerhalb Facebooks ueber eine grosse Fan-Gemeinde verfuegen. Dies sind Personen, die die betruegerischen Machenschaften der “de Montforts” leider bisher nicht durchschaut haben, oder es handelt sich einfach nur um schlichte – also vertrauensselige – Gemueter. 

Die Anwaelte der Firestorm Forces Inc. werden sich heute Vormittag mit dem Beaufragten fuer den Datenschutz in Hamburg kurzschliessen, da Facebook eine Deutschland-Filiale in Hamburg unterhaelt.

Die Firestorm Forces Inc. wird wegen geschaeftlicher Verluste erhebliche Schadenersatzforderungen gegen Facebook und gegen die “falschen Adligen” “aufmachen”.

Attached is the “cease and desist warning“, we’ve sent to Facebook HQ.

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… how easy it would be to use Facebook as a worldwide communication platform for terrorists and criminals of every kind.

Fake accounts could be created (well, FB has already enough), coded messages were exchanged (e.g. by sending a ‘friend’ a commented ‘gift’ by using harmless applications),

Online events (including a coded message about the true, the ‘hidden event’, such as a terror attack time & location etc.) were easily set-up.

Many more threatening scenarios can be envisioned.

LAW ENFORCEMENT! Think about this (if you not already do so), maybe it is a reality, not a possibility!

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Social media is a big deal. Everyone from your mom to your nephew is probably online in some way. But you might not think to look up your lawyer’s Twitter handle or read up on his or her firm’s blog.

More and more firms and individuals are coming online. To try and get a grasp on where social media is heading, we spoke with social media savvy attorneys to help us read the tea leaves.

How Does Social Media Fit Into Law?

New technologies usually present problems for lawyers, not for their technical complexities, but because it’s tricky to figure out how to deal with them legally. “The online world is like the Wild West because nobody knows for sure how the laws apply,” said an attorney and social media consultant for law firms. While most online behavior can be governed by common sense, there are technical issues. “How do you put a disclosure in a 140-character tweet?”

Because social media exists online, it is subject to individual Internet laws across each state or country where information can be accessed. This principle of universal access is partly why social media and the Internet have been so difficult to fit neatly into one field of law.

It’s likely that this confusion will be resolved by precedent. Barring any radical rethinking of Internet law, it looks like social media issues will be better understood as individual cases map out an appropriate course of action.

Social Media as Evidence

We’re starting to see social media being used as evidence or background information in cases.

It all starts with the jury. Jury selection, the process of weeding out jury candidates who may have biases, has traditionally been limited to interviews, background checks, job histories and the like, but  “Social media is already being used to test juries.” Lawyers are pulling information from social networks like Facebook and LinkedIn to see what companies, brands, or affiliations jury members might have. It’s becoming a first step for some socially savvy legal systems.

In terms of legal evidence, social media is a lot like e-mail made public. Nearly all social media is public in some way, making it an even easier way of collecting information on plaintiffs or defendants. “It just makes sense. If you can use e-mail as evidence, why not use a Facebook post?”

Photos and updates posted to Facebook have already been used to nab people who lied about sick days or disability work. For example, lawyers could use it against someone who falsely calls in sick and then posts photos of himself or herself partying with friends from the same day.

Activity on social media sites can also be used as an alibi, as in the case of Rodney Bradford, the Brooklyn teenager whose post to Facebook about late-night IHOP pancake cravings saved him from being charged for robbery.

“With cases we’re pursuing or defending, we are always considering the potential impact on a client of what they’re doing on Facebook. I want to see their Twitter, what’s on their LinkedIn. That should become the norm.”

Developing Offline Relationships

There is a strangely analog solution to all this social media. All three of the lawyers we spoke with said that social media was most effective at creating offline relationships — meaning, the Internet helped them meet real people they might not have met or partnered with otherwise.

“We use it as a distribution tool. It’s a means of connecting with people we never would have met before.”

That mentality has clearly worked for us as well. After our interview, we were meeting with an attorney who he found through Twitter about a possible collaboration. “As attorneys, we’re selling ourselves and our time and our degree. Twitter is one avenue where you can establish that relationship.”

Thought Leadership & Client Leads

Of course, social media will do all the things we already know and love. Social media can (and will) help lawyers establish a brand and identity. Those we spoke to all recommended that lawyers start blogs or create content showcasing their specialties and expertise.

Some lawyers have taken it one step further with a total redesign of their firm’s website. They’ve integrated social media into every bio page, essentially aggregating the social media presence of all their employees into their homepage. This is the next logical step for firms, where social media isn’t an outside entity but a critical part of the firm’s identity. “We see ourselves as ahead of the curve. It’s definitely where law firms will be going with their websites. It’s an absolute.” 

Social media will also help find clients and create conversation. An active, genuine presence on networks like Twitter can help reach out to new clients and even new partners to collaborate in the future. The same rules will apply: Be honest, foster real conversation and create real connections. Social media sites are not sales platforms, even though they can often help your business. 

Some Bright Ideas

It seems like the biggest prediction for the future of how lawyers will be using social media will be normalcy. Rather than a technology breakthrough, our gurus predicted that the things now seen as cutting edge (connecting with clients online, firm blogs, using social media in cases) will become commonplace. 

This is not surprising. Most good ideas start off as cutting edge and then become commonplace as more people realize they are good ideas. It does imply, however, that lawyers already tuned into social media are not only on the right track, but will have a head start on the competition. 

How have you see the legal industry utilizing social media in creative ways? Let us know in the comments below.

At the Federal level, Megan’s Law is known as the Sexual Offender (Jacob Wetterling) Act of 1994, and requires persons convicted of sex crimes against children to notify local law enforcement of any change of address or employment after release from custody (prison or psychiatric facility). The notification requirement may be imposed for a fixed period of time – usually at least ten years – or permanently.

Some states may legislate registration for all sex crimes, even if no minors were involved. It is a felony in most jurisdictions to fail to register or fail to update information.

Megan’s Law provides two major information services to the public: sex offender registration and community notification. The details of what is provided as part of sex offender registration and how community notification is handled vary from state to state, and in some states the required registration information and community notification protocols have changed many times since Megan’s Law was passed. The Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act supplements Megan’s Law with new registration requirements and a three-tier system for classifying sex offenders according to their risk to the community.

California Department of Justice’s Internet web site, which lists designated registered sex offenders in California.