Human trafficking and religion rumor

Well, I'm kind of not surprised there was a rumor tying human trafficking with religion. I'm glad there was some responsibility in the students/people who reported and read about the situation. They read more about the religion and looked for any further evidence before making any assumptions and some of them even told authorities before it became too out of hand with violence. Of course there were threats being made, but at least no gun involvement that has unfortunately become the norm to deal with problems.On a better note, this problem was just a social media post gone viral.

Students worried after social media rumor spreads

Social media and Grades don't go together

The debate around the effects of social media on a student's grades has been discussed for many years. This is another article I found that I believe reveals the truth and not the stereotypical views of social media. I know a lot of people who are active on social media but still care about their grades and have above average grades. There aren't THAT many kids who don't care about there grades like I have heard about from the past, so it confused me to hear people generalize the relationship between social media and grades. I think people should have a little bit more faith in the responsibility students and their homework.

Social Media Is Corrupting the Youth Slightly Less Than We Feared

Florida Shooting

I don't know what to say about the entire situation, but I did hear about the FBI being warned of this in the past. I can't really blame the FBI for overlooking it either. As unfortunate as it is, teenagers these days joke, sometimes half serious, about shooting up a or their school. I don't see how that's cool, how it's a fad, or why it's even acceptable. I mean I guess more people will like you if you tell them you're going to shoot up the school. Eventually people find out how they really are and how they can be. It’s better off not joking with things so serious like this situation.
Suspect confessed to Florida school shooting, police say

Snapchat Update

I can see all the anger and disapproval of the Snapchat update, I was a little upset too. After a while I got used to it though. Some people find it ugly, confusing, weird, even too random. I think that's more of personal preference on the app itself. I'm kind of surprised by the number of people who signed against the update. Is it really that bad that one million people had to sign a petition about it? There's also been reports of a crash going on with Snapchat, that hasn't happened to me so far. I don't see why it's such a big deal.
Snapchat down: Social media users in UPROAR as newly designed app fails to load

False Media About School Threat

I don't understand why students, children teens and young adults, decide to joke about serious matters. Especially when people start taking it seriously and authorities become involved. I guess they do it to be cool but I don't see that as being cool, more like immature and very foolish. It's things like this that make me worry about the current and next generations and what kind of decisions they will make. Very crucial decisions. Decisions that can hurt people if made wrong. I just hope that there will be the same amount of good decisions as there are bad ones.

Sandy teen arrested for false social media post about shooting bombing at school

#MeTooFGM Campaign

I was so upset while reading this article, but happy too. There is more than one reason why I was happy. One: the article was truthful to the FGM procedure (I don't wish to explain it). Two: people are standing up against it with their hashtag #MeTooFGM. There are also more reasons that one as to why I am upset. I am upset with myself for not knowing about it and the fact that this is an actual thing. No, I can not change tradition and yes that is disrespectful. There are many things I can not change but this will be added to my list of things I can only wish to change.

#MeTooFGM campaign garners huge support across social media

Kids On Kid Friendly Messenger

I’m starting to find more and more articles talking about the one thing no other article is: the problems with social media. I was very happy reading the comments and statements being made by the people interviewed. There are some very true points being made here like kids getting bullied by not having social media and “Waiting to 8th” (waiting until 8th grade). Both I can agree with but there are still some very good arguments opposing children on social media such as them not being old enough or ready to experience what's on the internet. I think this should continue to be talked about and not decided.

Facebook kids messenger app sparks debate over youth social media usage