Sunday, December 9, 2012
Facebook users have until Monday to vote for or against new site governance and privacy policy changes.
This may be your last opportunity to vote on proposed privacy changes on Facebook. The social media site has opened up polls for users to vote on a number of policy updates to the site's Statement of Rights and Responsibilities and Data Use Policy. Among those changes would be the abolition of users option to vote on changes in favor of a question-submission and webcasts. Voting opened Dec. 4 and will end on Monday, Dec. 10. Thirty percent of Facebook's population would need to vote against the changes to stop them from passing. The poll closes at 3 p.m. on Dec. 10. So what changes are being proposed? According to TechCrunch, the changes boil down to four updates: In the past, Facebook users have been able to vote in support or opposition …
Friday, December 7, 2012
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled police don't need a search warrant to look at a cellphone's call list after arresting the phone's owner. As courts around the country grapple with the issue, tell us: is this reasonable search and seizure?
What's the difference between personal information and correspondence you have physically stored in your home, and similar information that's on your cellphone? And what should police have access to without a warrant? It's a question that courts across the nation are dealing with it and one that arose here in Massachusetts on Wednesday, when the Supreme Judicial Court ruled that police don't need a search warrant to look at the call list of a person's cellphone during while searching that person's personal property after an arrest. However, in writing the court's opinion for Commonwealth vs. Demetrius A. Phifer, Justice Margot Botsford cited other court cases that raise questions about the extent that law enforcement officials can access …
Monday, November 26, 2012
Delia Marshall's photo captures much of what characterizes Somerville.
Update: Due to some slight confusion about the uploading process, the photo was originally credited to Diane Cline. In fact, it was taken by Delia Marshall and depicts Diane Cline (on the right), who's director of El Sistema Somerville (see below). Corrections have been made. ----------------- Congratulations to Delia Marshall! Marshall's photo won our Facebook photo contest. We asked readers to upload photos that best represent Somerville, and we then asked people to vote for their favorite. The winning photo will grace the top of the Somerville Patch Facebook page. In addition, the winning photographer will get a $50 gift card. Marshall's photo depicts a diverse group of Somervillians, children and adults, at Somerville's annual HONK! …
Monday, November 12, 2012
Upload a picture taken by you that best represents Somerville.
Our readers are our site’s biggest assets, and when we were thinking about what photo to use for the top of our Somerville Patch Facebook page, we figured we’d leave it up to you. We are inviting you to share your favorite photo of Somerville. So readers, now is your chance to get your best town photo out there for all to see! Upload a picture taken by you that you think best represents Somerville. The winning photo will be the featured photo at the top of the Somerville Patch’s Facebook page. You have until noon on Friday, Nov. 16 to upload a photo you think best represents Somerville. Here’s how to enter: Our readers will help us pick the winner! You, the reader can vote for the winner in the comments section of an article that will be …
Maria Taylor
3:01 am on Monday, December 10, 2012
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