'IT WASN'T ME': brother's plea shows up online failings as police consider charging impersonators

Megan Levy "IT WASN'T ME I WAS AT WORK IT WASN'T ME."

Internet warning as victim gagged and held at gunpoint after meeting man on mobile chat site

Megan Levy Internet users are taking too many risks by sharing their personal details online, police have warned, as they renewed their appeal for information about a violent home robbery in Surry Hills in...

YouTube pulls, then reinstates, video of Hamas assassination

Megan Levy Footage of the assassination of a Hamas leader in a missile strike in the Gaza Strip was pulled from YouTube overnight for breaching the popular video-sharing website's terms of service.

Social media war erupts as Israel, Hamas battle it out on the ground

Megan Levy Footage of the dramatic missile strike that took out the leader of Hamas' military wing was posted on YouTube just hours after the attack by the Israeli Defence Force, which live-blogged and Tweeted...

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Internet troll sacked from job after identity revealed

Megan Levy Texas grandfather says he has received dozens of death threats

Notorious 'creepy uncle' troll unmasked

Megan Levy One of the world's most notorious internet trolls, who created an online forum to share sexualised images of underage girls, has been exposed as a middle-aged Texan grandfather who loves cats.

Facebook ignores police pleas to remove pages

Megan Levy Facebook is refusing to take down a page that is inciting hatred after a man was charged with raping and murdering ABC employee Jill Meagher, according to Victoria Police.

Speed-camera critic snaffles ‘stay alert’ domain

Megan Levy Victoria's new number plate slogan urges people to "stay alert, stay alive".

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Resurrection rap: Tupac hologram knocks 'em dead at Coachella

Megan Levy The Twittersphere was alive on Monday with discussion about an eye-popping performance by rapper Tupac Shakur at a US music festival - 16 years after he died.

Plane crash fears as light streaks across night sky

Megan Levy A meteor that burned up over Victoria last night prompted a number of calls to police from concerned residents who believed the bright light streaking across the sky may have been a plane on fire.

'I don't do charity like that!': Brereton under fire over sexist Facebook taunts

Megan Levy Former AFL star Dermott Brereton insists he has the utmost respect for women despite sexually taunting an Age journalist on a publicly accessible Facebook page.

Doomed satellite passes over Melbourne

Nino Bucci and Megan Levy A six-tonne satellite that is hurtling towards earth passed over Victoria late this afternoon, according to astronomers who are tracking its movements.

Shopped: digital tricksters get revenge on UK looters

Megan Levy These are the images of England’s most wanted looters - with a twist.

'If you see a fed... SHOOT'

Megan Levy Looters who have ransacked London for the third night running are suspected of mobilising on social networking sites including Twitter, with police vowing to arrest those who have been digitally...

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Police kick own goal with tweets

Megan Levy In case you missed the news, the winner of last night's soccer showdown between Scottish giants Celtic and Melbourne Victory was actually ... Victoria Police.

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Government staff in printer rort

Megan Levy Corrupt Victorian public servants have accepted bribes for buying unauthorised printer cartridges in a rort that is estimated to have cost taxpayers more than $250,000.

Mystery drunk stumbles into stardom

Megan Levy It's the drunken stumble home to end all others.

Melbourne school's giant cock-up

Megan Levy First there was the giant cock-up that embarrassed a New Zealand school.

Feisty Helena racks up the Facelift friends

Megan Levy She doesn't have a computer, and thinks the social networking site is called Facelift, but feisty Melbourne woman Helena Mackay is accruing online friends at an astonishing rate.

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