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(AP) Popular Twitter service may have cost a young woman her life<\/b><\/p>\n
Authorities are now reporting that Allie Sutherland was potentially lured to her death through messages posted on Twitter, the popular online messaging service.<\/p>\n
Allie received a “tweet,” or message, from someone known only as “goslo11” shortly before she left her apartment. Two days later, her body was found in a ravine several miles away. Police have not released details of how the 22-year-old was killed.<\/p>\n
Sutherland was a history major at Oberlin College. Friends stated that she had been spending more and more time “tweeting” with strangers recently.<\/p>\n
(Reuters) “Twexting” teens on the rise<\/b><\/p>\n
With states such as Vermont still prosecuting “sexting” – sending nude pictures via text message – under strict child pornography laws, more teens are now using the Twitter online service to broadcast their nude photos.<\/p>\n
Twitter allows users to sign up with fake email addresses and names, and it includes a service to make photos available freely online. The combination is proving irresistible to teens seeking a way to share shocking photos anonymously.<\/p>\n
Nearly 10 percent of teens admit to “twexting,” according to a survey by the Pew Internet & American Life Project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
From the “You Know It’ll Happen in the Future” department: (AP) Popular Twitter service may have cost a young woman her life Authorities are now reporting that Allie Sutherland was potentially lured to her death through messages posted on Twitter, the popular online messaging service. Allie received a “tweet,” or message, from someone known only … Continue reading Future News Articles About Twitter<\/span>