This brave new world of electronic communication has multiplied the avenues for the boorish to harass the innocent. That development is forcing courts to apply local harassment statutes to situations the drafters may not have anticipated. Take the case of Alex C., a New Hampshire lad who faced harassment charges based on an instant messaging exchange with the mother of a friend.
LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif., Aug. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Iconosys, Inc., a leader in mobile safety communication and life- style Smartphone applications is proud to announce the next in its series of PunkBlocker(TM) Smartphone Apps. LatchKey Kid(TM) notifies parents when their children get home from school with text message to phone or instant messenger service like Skype, Yahoo Instant Messenger, and others. A 1944 NBC documentary gave the title "Latchkey Kid" to the children that had to return home from school alone while one parent was enlisted in the armed forces and the other had to work to support the family during World War II. Of course, there have been generations of latchkey kids in the modern era as family survival often requires that children - perhaps as young as 9 or 10...
Felony witness intimidation charges have been dropped against a former Belle police officer after his ex-wife admitted she lied to police about receiving threatening messages from the officer. Daniel Adam Dodd, 28, was charged with felony witness intimidation, stalking and harassment after his ex-wife, Jenny Totten, told police he had threatened her during an instant messenger conversation on her computer. He had been on administrative leave before resigning from the Belle Police Department in early June.
Before the Web, social searching could have been called simply "asking your friends a question." But social searches in the digital age harness the power of online networks to help you find the best answers more efficiently. Social search engines might even revolutionize everyone's online habits. Using Aardvark's social search tool is fundamentally different from doing a Google search but also from using such sites as Yahoo! Answers, where anyone can ask and answer questions on any topic, and JustAnswer, where people pay experts for answers. Aardvark was founded in San Francisco in 2007. A series of beta releases in 2009 made the service available via email, AOL's Instant Messenger, Twitter, and iPhone. Aardvark reports that most questions are answered within 5 minutes, and the vast maj...
I think that using the online instant messaging "text message talk" is affecting the way people who use it write in school. I have experience: In school sometimes instead of using the word "people," I'll use the word "ppl" (which means people in text messaging). But it's not just spelling, it's grammar and punctuation too. I'm so used to not capitalizing my "I" when I'm talking about myself that I've actually written it that way in class. So the next time I'm on Instant Messenger, I'll try to use the right words, no matter how long it takes to type.
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