Summary
Eleven Illinois teens face felony charges after allegedly luring two men via dating apps and assaulting them last July.
Inspired by a viral social media trend, the teens attacked a 41-year-old and a 23-year-old in separate incidents, damaging vehicles and using slurs in one case, resulting in hate crime charges for one teen.
All suspects turned themselves in and were detained at a juvenile center.
Police urge parents to discuss the dangers of social media trends with their children to prevent such incidents.
Is it though? That kind of sounds like the next iteration of blaming movies/video games/d&d/whatever the latest crazy is.
The major difference is that the app is the not content, it is the bridge to actioning.
This one has scientific backing. Just Google any combination of terms and you’ll find studies showing harm.
Why don’t you and post a few links?
I wasn’t sure exactly which aspect of harm they were talking about, so I left it up to them.