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13 Social Media Blunders that Cost People Dearly

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Dear Social Media Savvy,
WHAT SHARING WITHOUT CONSIDERING THE CONSEQUENCES CAN DO? Sometimes the outcomes can be bad, very bad. Here are 13 social media faux pas - some of them are disturbing, some are criminal, and some are just stupid. But whatever they are, they are good enough to teach us a lesson.

1. Scots Guard dismissed from Royal Wedding duty after ranting about Kate Middleton on his Facebook Page

18-year-old Cameron Reilly, a Buckingham Palace guard was dismissed from his royal wedding day duties after calling bride-to-be Catherine (Kate) Middleton a "stuck up cow" and "posh bitch" on Facebook. 
He wrote: 'Her and William drove past me on Friday and all I got was a s****y wave while she looked the opposite way from me, stupid, stuck-up cow. Am I not good enough for them! Posh b****. Who really gives a f*** about her?'
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2.Thirteen Virgin Airlines Cabin crew members were sacked for insulting passengers and criticizing safety standards of plane on Facebook

These 13 flight attendants were removed from their jobs after they posted messages on Facebook referring to passengers as ‘Chavs”. The comments also reportedly claimed the airline's jet engines were replaced four times in one year and that planes were infested with cockroaches.
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3. Twitter joke led to Terror Act arrest and airport life ban

When heavy snowfall threatened to scupper Paul Chambers's travel plans, he decided to vent his frustrations on Twitter by tapping out a comment to amuse his friends. "Robin Hood airport is closed," he wrote. "You've got a week and a bit to get your shit together, otherwise I'm blowing the airport sky high!!"
A week after posting the message on the social networking site, he was arrested under the Terrorism Act and questioned for almost seven hours by detectives who interpreted his post as a security threat.
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4. 15000 people were invited when Birthday girl forget to set Facebook invite to private 

Thessa, a Germany teenager, accidentally made a public Facebook event for her 16th birthday party. Within a few hours, 15000 Facebook users had RSVPed for the party. A cancellation notice was quickly fired out, but was ignored by the estimated 1600 people that showed up to her parents’ home in Bramfeld, Germany.
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5. This Burglar “Likes” the vacation post on Facebook before Looting

This story will make you think twice, thrice, or perhaps a million times before announcing your vacation on Facebook.
A man from the city, who was excited about a family vacation in Malaysia and posted the family’s trip details on Facebook, including that their house was locked, returned to find the home burgled. According to police, the arrested person was not a notorious or a regular offender. The ‘tempting’ information shared on Facebook had driven him to commit the theft.
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6. A 4 year old was digitally kidnapped on Facebook

Danica Patterson was horrified when informed by her friends about a stranger was using images of her 4-year-old daughter young Bryleigh on his own profile. Under the photos of Bryleigh, Figueroa wrote, “Ma daughter gunna break y'all sons hearts (sic),” and “Girl version of me,” and “This is how she looks in the morning… she said daddy stop [taking pictures].”
Patterson's only legal option was to complain to Facebook, which she did immediately. Patterson also tried to reason with her daughter's digital kidnapper by sending him a message and asking him to take the pictures down. Patterson was quickly blocked by Figueroa, making it impossible to report each individual image.
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7. It is not good to be racist

Georgia youth football coach landed him in trouble after making racist remarks. He wrote the following on Facebook: "I was dining in an Asian buffet today (big surprise), and I heard this morning how Asian students are suppodely so much smarter than American kids. My personal observation is that those fishheads still eat with chopsticks. It took Western ingenuity to invent the fork. I'm just saying. ... they ain't that friggin' smart."
Citizens came down hard on the organization and the coach.
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8.When a juror needs Facebook friends to make a decision

A British woman serving jury duty posted details of the child abduction and sex assault case on the social networking site. She then invited friends to help her decide whether the defendants were guilty or innocent. She wrote, "I don't know which way to go, so I'm holding a poll."
This led to her dismissal from from Burnley Crown Court, Lancshire
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9. Bank Intern busted by Facebook

Kevin Colvin, an intern at Anglo Irish Bank's North American arm, told his manager, Paul Davis, that he was going to miss work due to a “family emergency”. May be Kevin didn’t think about what Facebook could do. He posted the above photo from the Halloween Party which he missed work for. Davis soon discovered as much after Colvin posted this questionable image on his Facebook page. Not only he fired Kevin, but also attached the image to his reply and CC'd the entire office.
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10. Bikini Car wash gets cop fired

A South Carolina police officer was removed from his duties after a photo surfaced on Facebook of scantily-clad women posing on the hood of his town police cruiser.
The police officer thought he was helping out a good cause by taking his cruiser down to be washed at a fundraiser for the Shriners Hospital in Georgia.
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11. Taco Bell employee pictured licking taco shells on Facebook

A young Taco Bell worker posted a prank photo of himself licking a stack of taco shells, ultimately resulting in his being fired. Food fans collectively wretched this shocking photograph, and expressed outrage and fear that they would be victimized by being served licked taco shells. 
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12. Animal cruelty published on Facebook

Naomi Anderson was charged with animal cruelty after filming the decapitation of a mouse with a steak knife and posting it on Facebook. The mouse took 40 seconds to die.
Anderson was banned from owning an animal for two years, and put on an 18-month good behaviour bond in addition to her community service.
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13. This lady lost her job after abusing her boss on Facebook (the picture says it all)

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