Thursday, April 28, 2011

Not So Safe

Social media has opened up an entirely new playing field where face to face and everyday quarrels and confrontations can now take place online. Where one another can threaten each other behind the barrier of the computer. But the things that are said online don't stay online, and get dragged into the real world.

In Chicago, a 14-year-old boy has been charged with attempted murder and aggravated battery after shooting at a 12-year-old. The two had been involved in an argument on Facebook, posting threats on each other's' Facebook pages. The two boys were part of rival gangs. Now friends of the victim are threatening, on his Facebook page, to get revenge on the shooter and his friends. 

Social media is being used for more than just being social. Its opening up the outside world to the online world, but still equally as dangerous.

The Article

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