Cyber Beat: Daily Roundup of Social Media and Tech Stories 2/28

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Social media trends, curiosities and faux pas.
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More people doing dumb things on Facebook.

• Former Penn admissions officer derided applicants on Facebook

An opt-in bully-watching service. Creepy, creative or unnecessary?

• Company monitors Facebook for schools to thwart bullying, violence

Oh, the humanity!!!

• Girl Scouts shut down Honey Boo Boo’s Facebook cookie sales

Someone’s confused.

• Game Of Thrones Director: I’m 100% Opposed To The Piracy I Just Said Helps My Show Survive

Bradley Manning’s day in court today – while he pleads guilty to some counts, he pleads not guilty to aiding the enemy.

• U.S. soldier pleads guilty to misusing classified data in WikiLeaks case
  
  

The infamous “Weev” awaits his fate.

• AT&T “Hacker” Andrew Auernheimer’s Sentencing Scheduled For March 18

There was more to that call than meets the ear.

• Revealed: Gunman hoax that forced MIT to go on lockdown was REVENGE for suicide of Reddit co-founder Aaron Swartz  

SWATtings continue to get attention.

• One fake MIT shooter and the troubling trend of “swatting”

The man who kicked a hornet’s nest.

• His firm accused China of hacking the US; now he awaits the consequences

• Ubisoft reveals ‘Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag’

• ISPs Shed Light on Plans for ‘Six Strikes’ Copyright Alerts