Monday’s Facebook/MySpace Maniacs #27
For the weekly MySpace mayhem post, I have three stories here that all have to do with threats made on social networks to others. Don’t these stupid kids understand that what you say online, you may as well say in the newsroom of a TV station or newspaper with a megaphone? Making a threat on a social networking page is no different than making it publicly in a crowded area. Everyone will read it, and you will get nicked.
FYI, parents, it’s up to you to know how your child is posting online and how they are representing themselves in the digital world. If they are making threats against others, you need to know about it and you need to intervene before it gets worse. See: PC Pandora 6.0 computer monitoring software…
In Michigan, a 14-year-old middle school student was arrested after he made threats on MySpace to use various weapons, which he also so brilliantly displayed on MySpace, at a local skating rink.
March 4, 2010
Weapons seized from Buena Vista youths after MySpace threat
By Tom Gilchrist, The Saginaw NewsBuena Vista Township police officers say they’ve seized the sawed-off shotgun brandished on the MySpace page of a 14-year-old Ricker Middle School student accused of threatening to “use weapons” at Gilli’s Skating & Fun Center in Saginaw Township.
Are you ready for this? An 18-year-old high school student in Florida may face Cyberstalking charges (because he is over 18; when an adult is the bully it’s stalking, not bullying) because he threatened to kill two female students that stepped on his foot and were rude to him. Seriously, bro? Chill.
March 5, 2010
Teen said he would kill students on MySpace
The 18-year-old said one of girls stepped on his shoes didn’t say she was sorry. She was rude to him…
From the Orlando SentinelAn 18-year-old DeLand High School student could face felony charges of cyberstalking after he was accused of threatening to kill two female classmates on MySpace, a Web site is reporting.
Another brilliant student in Florida made threats against his teacher on Facebook…
March 5, 2010
Student posts threat against teacher on Facebook
Miami Herald, the Associated Press ReportingMERRITT ISLAND, Fla. — Brevard County school officials are investigating a threatening Facebook post about a high school teacher that was written by one of her students.
