Facebook Lawsuit

Facebook has a 5,000-friend limit that is preventing people from further personalizing their page. Therefore, new changes will be made so that people will be able to categorize their friend list into categories such as, "family," "close friends", "coworkers" etc. It will also be easier to post videos, photos, and links to Facebook pages. A teenage girl from New York sued Facebook and some of its users due to the fact that she was made fun of and disrespected through a chat on Facebook. However, social networks, so far, have been protected by the Communication's Decency Act.

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Teen's Suicide Over Sexting

An 18-year old girl, Jessie Logan, sent nude pictures of herself to her boyfriend. After they broke up, he sent the pictures of her to other girls that attended their high school. Those girls began harrasing her by calling her names like "slut" and "whore." This made Jessie very depressed and caused her to skip school a lot. She eventually committed suicide as her way of solving the problem. Her mother never even knew the extent of the problem until it was too late. This story shows us how important it is to make sure that parents are involved and aware of their children's social life, including the phone and internet portion.

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