The Influence of Facebook

Just a few month before (or some weeks), some employees in a company were found out playing "Happy Farm" on Facebook during work time. From that point, Taiwan society, or some part of the society, starts to ban Facebook.

So here is a news article (repost from Yahoo! Taiwan):

記者王榮祥／高縣報導〕搜尋搶案被害人，facebook幫大忙！

鳳山警方日前逮捕一名機車搶奪嫌犯、順勢破獲縣市許多搶案，但起獲贓物裡有個高級數位相機，嫌犯卻堅持已忘記在哪裡取得，偵查佐林正清最後透過facebook上的個人資料比對照片，幸運找到被害人出面指認。

警方調查，被害人黃姓女子十月初於高市苓雅區遭搶，當時皮包被搶走，裡頭除少數證件，就屬價值三萬多元的數位相機最值錢。

涉案梁姓男子（二十六歲、高縣大寮人、有詐欺前科）十一月初遭鳳山警方逮捕，清查後發現他自十月初即涉及縣、市多起搶案與竊案；梁嫌被捕同時，警方在其住處查獲一些贓物，包括來歷不明的數位相機。

偵查佐林正清檢視相機，發現電池上有疑似被害人的姓名貼紙，索性將姓名輸入網站搜尋，不料查無相關資料。

林正清不死心，回家後打開個人電腦，嘗試進入facebook探詢，果然找到同名同姓女子，經與其連結成好友後，將對方網站照片與相機照片比對，確認就是被搶女子。

林正清怕對方誤會是詐騙集團，先透過網路詢問是否被搶，對方立即有回應，林正清索性表明身分，並將被害人約至警局做筆錄，順利再偵破一起搶案。

林正清事後笑說，我是在家裡開facebook辦案，沒有違反規定。

It seems like normal, or even interesting news; however, if you read carefully, you can sense how Facebook has affected Taiwanese society. Just because most of the people don't like Facebook usage in daytime, the reporter "SPECIFIED" that the policeman used Facebook at home in the last sentence. There is basically nothing wrong with using Facebook, I think everyone should know that.