As I was driving to work yesterday, I was listening to NPR and heard the story of a school kid who was photographed by a friend holding a BB gun. The friend then posted the pic to snapchat with a caption that read something like "don't go to school tomorrow". The kid holding the gun was expelled and he didn't even post the picture!
I read another story where a kid "liked" a picture of a BB gun and was then suspended.
There are numerous more examples where schools are taking actions on kids behaviour on social media. Apparently some school systems are using AI to sift through student's emails and their school work to look for threats. The AI needs work though, apparently a message to go "shoot some hoops" was flagged.
And today, an article was published about a Harvard kid who was denied entry to the US because of things his facebook friends had posted.
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We've always told our kids to behave on social media the same as they would to people face to face. Be kind, considerate etc. But now it seems that someone else can post something with catastrophic consequences for you, especially with today's heightened paranoia.
If you ever heard my son playing Fortnite with his buddies, you'd think he was directing gang warfare. "Shoot him, quick - in the head". It's frightening to think that if someone recorded that and put it out there that the police would be over our house in a flash.
Boy I'm glad I grew up in the time of film cameras and no social media. I did so much stupid stuff as a kid that I'd probably be in jail 5 times over if it was now.
I read another story where a kid "liked" a picture of a BB gun and was then suspended.
There are numerous more examples where schools are taking actions on kids behaviour on social media. Apparently some school systems are using AI to sift through student's emails and their school work to look for threats. The AI needs work though, apparently a message to go "shoot some hoops" was flagged.
And today, an article was published about a Harvard kid who was denied entry to the US because of things his facebook friends had posted.
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We've always told our kids to behave on social media the same as they would to people face to face. Be kind, considerate etc. But now it seems that someone else can post something with catastrophic consequences for you, especially with today's heightened paranoia.
If you ever heard my son playing Fortnite with his buddies, you'd think he was directing gang warfare. "Shoot him, quick - in the head". It's frightening to think that if someone recorded that and put it out there that the police would be over our house in a flash.
Boy I'm glad I grew up in the time of film cameras and no social media. I did so much stupid stuff as a kid that I'd probably be in jail 5 times over if it was now.