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Nobody is using it to SCORE points. I posted the link because it shows what can happen when you let a kid loose on the internet.
So, she was chatting with them on FB. She goes missing 3 days later, and you are saying it HAS to be that conversation that caused it. Do you think that there is the slightest possibility that she could have been out riding her bike and they saw her and talked her into coming over? Which is something that could have happened even if she had never even heard of the internet.
So, she was chatting with them on FB. She goes missing 3 days later, and you are saying it HAS to be that conversation that caused it. Do you think that there is the slightest possibility that she could have been out riding her bike and they saw her and talked her into coming over? Which is something that could have happened even if she had never even heard of the internet.
If you read up on this, you'd see it was started on facebook, then it moved to texting. etc.
No they didnt see her out in real life and talked her into coming over.
How is that any more silly than connecting posts that were several days old with the event. I honestly thought that only journalists who were reaching to find a story did that.
A few day ago I posted bout the wind blowing sand in my eye and making it hard to see. If I get into an accident tomorrow, can I blame it on the wind a few days ago? Just because it was on the internet so it must be true?
No. This is extremely tragic and serious stuff. And two people have been charged. You, however, have already tried and convicted them. (Last time I looked we still had a judicial process in this country and they were innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.)
But why let something like that interfere when you've decided and are posting that this innocent child was killed by them because her parents didn't monitor her FB use. In fact you've decided that FB and her parents share the blame. So you've posted her photo and pretty much declared "Guilty By Facebook! I'm right. I know things about what happened!" (Even though the investigation isn't complete and there's been no trial. And the last we knew you didn't work for the prosecutor's office.)
If the parents had been monitoring the child's facebook & phone they would have known she had contact with people who were not an appropriate age & possibly could have prevented this tragedy. Is it possible the girl would have been targeted & attacked by the boys without the help of social media? Maybe. But they obviously used the internet/phone to groom her. The point is that parents should be aware of the potential danger in *not* checking for these things.
I think the BMX bike connection is stronger than the FB connection. He was lured there on the premise of getting parts for her bike. FB was just one of the tools used to communicate.
If the parents had been monitoring the child's facebook & phone they would have known she had contact with people who were not an appropriate age & possibly could have prevented this tragedy. Is it possible the girl would have been targeted & attacked by the boys without the help of social media? Maybe. But they obviously used the internet/phone to groom her. The point is that parents should be aware of the potential danger in *not* checking for these things.
It's not even that.
If they were actively watching over her internet use and following the guidelines that most law enforcement agencies outline it also could have been prevented.
1. Know who your kids are talking to online.
2. No phones or laptops in their bed rooms over night (ie. no chance for her to be on facebook at THREE AM ON A SCHOOL NIGHT)
3. Talk to your kids about their online persona
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