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UK Police Raid Party After Seeing "All-Night" Tag On Facebook
An anonymous reader writes "Apparently the police like to spend their time trawling our private information on Facebook looking for criminals. 'Riot police stormed a man's 30th birthday barbecue for 15 guests because it was advertised as an "all-night" party on Facebook. Four police cars, a riot van, and a force helicopter were dispatched to a privately-owned field in a small village near Sowton, Devon in the UK on Saturday, ordering the party shut down or everyone would be arrested. The birthday barbecue was busted up before they even had a chance to plug the music in, reports the BBC. It was about 4pm when eight officers with camouflage pants and body armor jumped out of their vehicles and ordered everyone out about an hour into the party.' The event's organizer, Andrew Poole, said, 'The police had full-on camouflage trousers on and body-armour, it was ridiculous. There were also several plain-clothes officers as well ... they kept on insisting it has been advertised it as an all-night rave on the internet. The times on it were put as "overnight" in case people wanted to sleep-over, but after being explained this they were still banging on saying it was advertised on the internet. They wouldn't accept it wasn't a rave. It was in a completely isolated field.'"
No, don't mod him up -- the guys a troll through and through. Just substitute whatever music you listen to (heavy metal, jazz, etc) and see if you'd like what he's saying about you. Think about it -- you're one step away from becoming Digg, if you give him a +1.
I doubt we're getting the truth from either side.
You don't hire a marquee and a generator for a gathering of 15 people.
Facebook is far better than using the internet generally. You control the visibility of your stuff. You choose whether to let your friends/friends of friends/the whole world see/search your posts, profile and events.