In this case Face Time was used to save a woman’s life.
Rachel Poole was stabbed while Face Timing her husband, who was deployed in
South East Asia. A few weeks ago this woman walked into her home at night and
was attacked by another soldier, who apparently owed her and her husband money
for vehicle damage. While being attacked the woman was able to scream out her
attackers name and her husband heard it and posted the picture of the attacker
on Facebook asking help to find him.
In this case Facebook was used to
reach out to a potential suicide victim and save his life. Police from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department were informed of the teen’s suicidal
posts hinting at jumping off a local bridge. They downloaded his profile
picture and handed them out to local officers who went searching for the teen.
However unsuccessful that attempted was they did not give up. Police directly
posted to his Facebook profile urging him to call them, even other friend on
the social media site posted comments to him. Soon after he actually did receive
the messages and met with one of the officers who helped him check into a
hospital.
A teen
in Pennsylvania used twitter to expose witness information about a 2012
shooting. Now this teen is being charged with witness intimidation and making terroristic
threats. Using pictures from another Instagram account this teen posted
information that could potentially hurt criminal cases. Obviously not much
detail about the actual post could be provided, but it does make you wonder how
much damage social media can do in certain instances. The uses of social media tends to be like a double-edged
sword; with both positive and negative repercussions.
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