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At the start of this exercise social networking for example and social media were not necessarily used as a means of exploitation, now this is something that is much more common and that was evident in Rotherham as well and it will be elsewhere.
"Grooming online can shift to exploitation offline very fast, it can happen within an hour or so that that occurs and regrettably a number of young victim do not even know on occasion that they are actually being exploited or abused in the way that for example indecent pictures are posted on social media.
The professor added that if similar investigations to the in-depth Rotherham probe were carried out in other council areas undetected sexual abuse would be found to be much more widespread activity across England and indeed other parts of the UK than people believe.
Rotherham, she added, is most certainly not unique and that she was sure that such abuse would occur elsewhere.
Last week it emerged that more than 6,000 children across England have been reported as at risk from sexual exploitation since the beginning of 2013.
Figures collected from councils by Channel 4 News show that thousands of other children are considered at risk in other parts of the country adding weight to the argument that Rotherham was not an isolated case.
A total of 3,009 children were referred to social services, or known to them already, as at risk of exploitation in the first six months of 2014. During 2013, social services were aware of 3,202 children at risk, according to the information gathered from Freedom of Information requests.
Northern towns and cities reported the most children at risk. In Manchester, 452 children were known to be at risk in the past 18 months, 407 in Derbyshire, 363 in Sheffield, and 311 in Blackburn and Darwen.
CHICAGO McDonald's Corp., which hasn't always gotten a warm reception on social media, is taking to Twitter, Facebook and YouTube with a Q&A-style ad campaign, aiming to dispel the notion that its food is unhealthy.
The world's largest restaurant chain began taking questions from Americans Monday via social-networking sites, promising to deliver "real answers." As part of the campaign, former "MythBusters" host Grant Imahara will visit McDonald's suppliers and restaurants nationwide and appear in a series of online videos.
McDonald's is using more of an unvarnished approach to marketing as it tries to recover from four straight months of declining U.S. same-store sales. Venturing into social media can be risky for well-known brands. Earlier this year, McDonald's drew ridicule on Twitter and Facebook for a toothy Happy Meal mascot that some people described as frightening. The company also has been targeted by viral videos, such as one showing a McNugget under a microscope.
McDonald's already has a frequently-asked-questions page on its website with some unflattering information about its food. The company does use food coloring in its milkshakes, for instance, and its McRib sandwich is made from pork shoulder along with salt, water, dextrose and some preservatives. On the other hand, most restaurants use freshly cracked eggs for breakfast sandwiches, and its apple pies have real apples, McDonald's said.
In a new YouTube video, the company filmed Americans asking questions, including some tough ones like "Does McDonald's even sell real food?" and "That pink slime...what's up with that?" One person in the clip says she has read that McDonald's food contains horse meat.
McDonald's, based in Oak Brook, Illinois, has been rolling out new menu items and price promotions as it tries to revive U.S. growth. That includes $2 jalapeno burgers and a 20-pack of Chicken McNuggets for $5. McDonald's has about 14,200 domestic locations.
The fast-food chain has introduced similar ad campaigns in Canada and Australia. Its Canadian website, for example, explains food origins for items such as the cheese and gravy used in poutine.
The more open dialogue follows questions about McDonald's food safety, especially overseas.
Earlier this year, one of the company's suppliers in China, OSI Group, was investigated for changing the expiration dates on food. The probe led to shortages of certain menu items and sales declines. In Russia, consumer-safety regulators have shut down some of the chain's locations, citing violations of sanitary rules.
"People are looking for faster, more straightforward responses to their questions about our food," Ben Stringfellow, a spokesman for McDonald's USA, said in a statement. "We're looking forward to engaging in two-way conversations with as many people as possible."
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Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett said Tuesday the county will not comply with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement civil detainer requests, unless there is adequate probable cause under the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
Leggetts statement comes on the heels of an identical directive from Gov. Martin J. OMalley to the Public Safety and Correctional Services Secretary Gregg Hershberger for a state-run jail in Baltimore, and advice from the Attorney Generals Office that without probable cause, continued detention likely violates the constitution.
Immigration detainers are notices to local law enforcement agencies that ICE intends to assume custody of an individual being held locally. Detainers not only notify local law enforcement that ICE means to take a person into custody once they are no longer subject to local detention, detainers also request the local agency hold individuals for up to 48 hours after their scheduled release to provide ICE time to take custody, according to http://www.ice.gov.
According to a news release from the American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland, federal courts have found that detention on the sole basis of an immigration detainer request violates the Fourth Amendment. Three federal courts have found that such detention raises constitutional concerns and that counties are liable in damages to the individuals they detain on that basis, according to the release.
In August, Adam D. Snyder, chief counsel, Opinions & Advice for the Maryland Attorney Generals Office, reached a similar conclusion finding that an ICE detainer alone does not mandate or authorize the continued detention of someone beyond when they would be released under state law.
Thus, if a local law enforcement officer does not have probable cause to extend custody over the subject of an ICE detainer, the continued detention likely constitutes a violation of the Fourth Amendment, he wrote in a letter of advice to Washington County Sheriff Douglas W. Mullendore.
In June, the ACLU of Maryland urged all counties in the state to stop complying with the detainer requests. Councilwoman Nancy Navarro requested in September that Leggett conform county policy to match the OMalleys recent directive on the issue.
In her request, Navarro (D-Dist. 4) of Silver Spring said she understood from Arthur Wallenstein, director of the County Department of Correction and Rehabilitation, that the practice locally was to contact ICE when there is a detainer in the system and the individual is available, even if local matters are concluded.
My understanding is that Montgomery Countys policy for responding to ICE civil detainer requests may be inconsistent with [state policy], Navarro wrote.
Wallenstein was not able to be reached Tuesday for comment.
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Summary: The latest Snowden leaks suggest the NSA has access to well-placed staff whose mission is to infiltrate companies to gather secret and sensitive corporate data.
New documents leaked by Edward Snowden suggest the National Security Agency (NSA) has agents working under deep cover in US and foreign companies.
First published by The Intercept on Friday, the highly-classified document points to the NSA having a small group of well-placed and heavily-vetted insiders, whose mission is to infiltrate commercial companies and work from within.
"How do you know the NSA is not sending people into your data centers?" the publication cited the American Civil Liberties Union'sChris Soghoian as saying.
The collection of six programs, under the umbrella "Sentry Eagle" program, is said to be the "core" part of the NSA's secret mission to "protect America's cyberspace."
In doing that, previous leaks have shown the US intelligence agency will work to weaken encryption standards, intercept technology for bugging once its out for delivery to customers, and conduct network exploitation and espionage.
The NSA has infiltrated a number of companies critical to its mission of targeted exploitation (TATEX). These agents, whose names are not disclosed, are said to be working in companies based in adversarial nations like China, but also allied and friendly countries, notably South Korea and Germany.
Some of the documents also suggest that some agents may be working for US-based firms, or companies that are owned by US corporations.
The 2004-dated document says the contents "constitute a combination of the greatest number of highly sensitive facts related to NSA/CSS's overall cryptologic," referring also to theCentral Security Service, the NSA's sister agency.
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NSA 'Core Secrets' leak points to spies working within companies