The article read:
Three Adelaide schoolgirls are unlikely to face charges after uploading a risque video to YouTube, police say.
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police confirmed on Wednesday that the incident had been referred to
them by the education department and related to the inappropriate video
posted by the students from the Mitcham Girls High School.
Stupid, stupid, stupid... they have more than likely been using the internet and social media sites for some time, have been told on numerous occasions about inappropriate online behaviour, seen it, heard it and more than likely, viewed it. Yet the consequences of uploading the most inappropriate and suggestive video as they did was plain stupid.
They were not intoxicated, edged on by other school students but just thinking this was a prank, a joke that has subsequently backfired, and not the schoolgirls have been suspended, what were they thinking. Naive, perhaps with risk attached.
The article also stated:
Police said the incident was a reminder to both children and parents
about the importance of online safety and that social networks were
public forums where inappropriate actions could leave a digital legacy
that could be very difficult to erase.
Why is the message not clear enough for young people to realise the consequences of their actions. The manner in which they and or anyone interacts with social media is not new, yet!
The message is obviously still not clear and not getting through. Is it about time that the education council take note and teach appropriate online behaviour or is this the parents role.
Schools are there to teach a set curriculum that will enable students to move into other higher educational areas of study and/or enough to get an apprenticeship or job.
Parents role is teaching their children about societal issues and how they should be embedding enough social responsibility, care, respect and courteousness that their dear cherubs can belong and contribute to a well-balanced society.
My question then is why is this still aloud to happen, or is it even YouTube's fault for not filtering out such inappropriate trash by young people...I am concerned for the behaviour of the young in today's society.
Well keith we cannot blame youtube for not filtering the stuff that gets uploaded. Youtube is just a tool that is used and it could be either beneficial or deterimental to us depending on how we use it. There again "how we use it" it all comes down to us as individuals and the choices we make so we cannot simply put the blame on everything or one should something bad always happen to us.
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