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A driver appeared to be drinking beer on a Facebook Live video taken minutes before a wreck Sunday that killed three people near Jersey Village, authorities said. The driver, Camilo Morejon, 47, faces three counts of intoxication manslaughter with a vehicle and one count of intoxication assault with a vehicle. He is accused of causing the wreck at 7:53 a.m. in the 12200 block of FM529, leaving him hospitalized in critical condition and his three passengers dead on the scene. The driver of the other vehicle also was hospitalized in critical condition with a brain bleed and a broken left arm, according to court records. The Harris County District Attorney’s Office said Morejon was the driver seen in a Facebook Live video taking a sip of Corona beer before the crash. The video, which has a time stamp of 7:47 a.m. Sunday, was posted publicly to Morejon’s account. It was taken by a passenger who also appeared to be drinking beer. Morejon was behind the wheel of a 2012 Honda Accord traveling westbound on FM529 at a high rate of speed, according to court records. The driver of a Fort F-150 was traveling east on the same road. The driver of the pickup was turning into a gas station when the Honda slammed into the vehicle’s right side at about 90 mph, court records say. Investigators smelled alcohol on Morejon’s breath, and his blood-alcohol content was 0.168, more than twice the legal limit, records show. The deceased passengers have been identified as Leosveyka Gonzalez, Massel Rodriguez and Ricardo Rodriguez-Tamayo. Their relationship to Morejon is unclear. It’s also unclear where Morejon obtained the alcohol. Sean Teare, head of the Harris County District Attorney's Office Vehicular Crimes Division, said prosecutors were looking for which club he may have been drinking at prior…

by: Elizabeth White Posted: Oct 27, 2020 / 07:15 PM EDT / Updated: Oct 27, 2020 / 07:15 PM EDT TALLASSEE, Ala. (WRBL) – A bizarre story continues unfolding Tuesday morning as the Superintendent of the Tallassee School System confirms the school’s Facebook page has been taken over by an “unauthorized individual” who is now in custody on unrelated charges, according to Tallassee’s Police Chief. According to the Facebook profile sent to News 3, it appears late Monday night the name of the School’s Facebook Page was changed to RIP Tallassee Schools. The cover photo was changed to a graphic saying, “Get your (profanity) together,” and the page’s profile picture was changed to Thomas the Train with the word “Triggered” underneath it. The page also listed a porn site under the website link. Source: Facebook A post was pinned to the top of the page saying, “Guess who has an entire administration and technology team not even competent enough to use Facebook. I tried, but I’m tired.” A handful of parents commented they were concerned for their students and urged the page be deleted the page. Tallassee Police Chief Matt Higgins confirms the police department was notified, and the situation is being addressed. “The Tallassee Police department in cooperation with the Tallassee City school system Elmore county sheriff’s office investigated the threats and took necessary precautions at the school. The subject in question has been taken into custody on unrelated charges and the investigation is ongoing at this time,” said Chief Matt Higgins. News 3 does not have a name for the individual in custody. As of 9:30 AM on Tuesday, someone was still posting to the page with the latest post saying, “Apparently y’all enjoying this (profanity) Keep fronting everyone. Y’all love drama.” The post included a screenshot of…

DOTHAN, Ala. (WTVY) - Social media scams happen everyday, users selling items and taking money from victims without fulfilling the purchase. This happened again in Geneva County. Geneva County Sheriff Tony Helms said in this case the product was a mobile home that was being sold that did not belong to the seller in any way. The victim was scammed through Facebook market place and Sheriff Helms shares how you can prevent this from happening to yourself.“Again, it comes back to seeing something on Facebook, seeing something on social media and not checking it out, not going forth,” Sherriff Helms said.A victim of a Geneva County scam was blindsided through Facebook market place. A mobile home she saw for sale to be moved that was not owned by the seller.“She contacted the lady who had put it on Facebook, made arrangements with her, went and looked at the mobile home, made arrangements to get the money and paid the lady for it,” Sherriff Helms said.Sheriff Helms said defendant Elizabeth McCormick did not own the mobile home and did not have any rights to it but sold it.  » Read More

Facebook gets into cloud gaming while continuing its public dispute with Apple, Ant Group prepares for a massive IPO and Pinterest embraces iOS widgets. This is your Daily Crunch for October 26, 2020. The big story: Facebook launches cloud gaming service Facebook is launching a cloud gaming service of its very own, although the focus is different from Google’s Stadia or Microsoft’s xCloud. Rather than trying to recreate the console experience on other devices, the social network’s gaming service is limited to mobile games, particularly on reducing the friction between seeing an ad for a game and playing the game. The service is launching on the web and on Android, but it’s not available on iOS. Facebook blamed Apple’s App Store terms and conditions for the absence. Facebook’s Jason Rubin told TechCrunch that Apple’s rules for cloud gaming service present “a sequence of hurdles that altogether make a bad consumer experience.” The tech giants Twitter will show all U.S. users warnings about voting misinfo and delayed election results — Starting today,  » Read More

SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images If you’re one of the billion-plus people using Facebook Messenger, then you’d be well-advised to switch to an alternative. Unlike its Facebook stablemate WhatsApp, Messenger is missing the critical security required to protect your content from prying eyes. Everything you send on Messenger passes through Facebook servers to which it has access. We know Facebook “spies” on this content to make sure you’re following its rules, well a new security report claims it also downloads your private content to its own servers without any warning. The team behind the report has good form in holding major tech platforms to account on security grounds. Tommy Mysk and Talal Haj Bakry pushed Apple into the clipboard access warnings that are such a famed part of iOS 14; their research also caught TikTok indiscriminately reading Apple users’ clipboards, part of the technical backlash that ultimately led to U.S. action against the viral Chinese platform. Mysk and Haj Bakry had initially set out to study how various messaging platforms handled so-called “link previews.” When you send a link to a website,  » Read More

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AFP via Getty Images And so it begins. WhatsApp, the world’s leading secure messenger has suddenly and without warning confirmed its plans to become a commercial shopping site, a marketing tool for businesses to pitch their wares. This has been the risk from the moment Facebook acquired the platform all those years ago. Well, now all those fears that Facebook will break WhatsApp have become much more real. Does it really matter, you ask, if businesses use WhatsApp to transact with customers in the same way Facebook Messenger and Instagram do? Is it such an issue if Facebook provides business-to-business marketing, cloud hosting and sales services to help it “continue building a business of our own, while we provide and expand free end-to-end encrypted text, video and voice calling” for its more than two billion users? The answer entirely depends on your perspective as to what a secure messenger should be. There is already a deep-seated concern among many in the security community as to what goes on behind the scenes at WhatsApp—mining messaging metadata and collecting contact details,  » Read More

The two and a half week-long #EndSARS protests in Nigeria against police brutality has garnered attention and raised awareness far beyond the country’s borders thanks to a savvy, well-planned out campaign boosted by Nigerian and global celebrities. But none of this would have been possible without the sheer reach and immediacy of major social media platforms.The peaceful protest started online using the #EndSars hashtag before spreading quickly to thousands of people joining protests on the streets of Nigeria’s big cities and then London, Toronto, Houston, and elsewhere, again thanks to social media.But all social media is not created equal.The campaign to shut down the controversial and brutal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) thrived on Twitter in particular and a series of significant #EndSARS hashtags trended globally with millions of retweets. Even Twitter’s enigmatic founder Jack Dorsey joined young Nigerians in encouraging the global Twitter community to donate to the protest organizers using bitcoin.Twitter gave the EndSARS hashtag an official emoji and verified the Twitter accounts of several users at the forefront of the protest.  » Read More

Facebook Inc. is demanding that a New York University research project cease collecting data about its political-ad targeting practices, setting up a fight with academics seeking to study the platform without the company’s permission. The dispute involves the NYU Ad Observatory, a project launched last month by the university’s engineering school that has recruited more than 6,500 volunteers to use a specially designed browser extension to collect data about the political ads Facebook shows them. In... Read More  » Read More

More Colorado’s Best Stories Halloween Hacks for Safety & Fun Halloween is right around the corner and Lifestyle Expert Amy E. Goodman has some tips and tricks for having a fun and festive Halloween at home with Michaels' Halloween Hacks, Front Porch Halloween Decor, and No-Contact Trick-or-Treat ideas. Instagram: @michaelsstores Twitter: @MichaelsStores #Michaels #MichaelsHalloweenHacks She also shares Command Adjustables. @Command #CommandDoNoHarm Read the Full Article Video Simple Mom’s Guide – Fall Health & Wellness With shorter days, crisper air, and colorful leaves, fall is here and it's the perfect time to re-adjust and give your health and wellness a boost.Lifestyle Contributor Terra Wellington has some easy tips and ideas for your family this fall from SimpleMomsGuide.com. Read the Full Article Video Voto Latino Foundation Over 100 brands and influential voices have joined the "Voto Latino Foundation" to encourage voter turnout among the Latin community.The Co-Founding President & CEO of Voto Latino, María Teresa Kumar, has more on the foundation's mission.  » Read More