I noticed this morning around five different Alabama teens arrested on similar type social media comments or threats, over the past week. I think if we compared across the US...in the past week, there’s probably well over two-hundred kids arrested so far.
My humble belief is that August, and a new school year....most parents are to shut down their kid’s social media accounts in fear of some stupid comment being conveyed and the kid ending up being charged with a felony that would follow them for the rest of their lives.
I just shake my head over how this mess has dissolved the whole social media gimmick.
If it does, maybe this isn’t really a bad thing.
How about the minimum age to own or possess a smart phone to be 21. Restrict underage phone users to simple flip telephone with no texting or internet capabilities.
“in the past week, there’s probably well over two-hundred kids arrested so far.”
There was one in my local area. Kids are idiot. They just want somebody to react to them, thus proving they are alive and important.
If you tried to take your kid of social media, for the kid it would be tantamount to murder. A friend in his fifties wanted to have a Facebook discussion about guns, (I think he’s pro, but am not sure) I cautioned him that it could hurt his business. He’s a recruiter and he deals with HR departments. (HR’s are the lynch pin of liberal efforts to institute the thought police.)