Hello everyone,
Welcome to week twelve of the blog. I have an interesting incident involving a hire for murder plot which did not go as initially planned.
An Iowa woman has been sentenced to more than 7 years in prison for using a Craigslist help-wanted ad to solicit someone to kill her father. U.S. District Judge Linda Reade gave the 87-month prison term Wednesday to 23-year-old Megan Schmidt of Dubuque. Schmidt pleaded guilty in November to using interstate commerce facilities in the commission of murder for hire. In a plea agreement, Schmidt admitted that she posted Craigslist ads seeking someone to do a "one-time job" for $10,000. She later told one man who responded that she wanted her father dead and that it would be best to "either shoot or stab him because he is a bigger man." That man contacted authorities. The Dubuque County Sheriff's Office then conducted an undercover operation that led to Schmidt's arrest.
1. Do you feel the internet can lead to more crimes and malicious acts such as these or do you feel the internet is safe and people will do as the man in this case and alert authorities before any citizens will be harmed, injured, or in worse case scenarios, dead?
2. What are some additional methods that can be promoted in order to make the internet a safer environment for its users?
Yes, I do believe that the internet can lead to more crimes and malicious acts because you never know what type of people are lurking on the internet. What if she would’ve sent that message to some type of serial killer rapist? He would’ve killed her father, raped her, and took the money. If you ask me she is a sick person herself for even asking a person to kill her father. There are children in this world who wish they could talk to or even hug there father and she wants hers killed. Nothing he did could’ve been that bad that she is willing to go to prison and give up her life for his murder.
ReplyDeleteI highly agree with you, Shawnise. People these days can be very sickened to the head and do crucial things to others, especially their own family members. Some children are ignorant, selfish and they feel that their parents should be out of this world, in some cases.
DeleteAlso I believe that the government should regulate the internet as they when it involves drug trafficking.
DeleteI agree with you because people these days they think for worst for others.They had an evil spirit in their heart to do bad against others
DeleteIndeed, she’s being completely selfish by sending someone to kill her own father without any remorse. I also agree that the government should regulate the internet because there are a lot of a sick people in this world.
DeleteI highly agree with you, like you stated these people are selfish and above all ignorant. Not many people can say they know whom there father is and for this woman to plan to kill her own father is just plain sad. This woman deserves a lot more than a seven year sentence, the judge should have added psychological help.
DeleteI agree with all of you guys . Alot of people can be very harmful over those that are family . She deserves more time in jail due to what she try to do to her father . What if the man would have gone thru with her request . It's a shame how that wouldn't have bothered her .
DeleteI completely agree with you; what the woman did to her father was low and unacceptable. She shouldn't have done that to her father, besides she doesn't even know if the person who could "completed" her request could also harm her as well for the money since they're complete strangers. Pretty reckless act of crime on the internet.
DeleteI strongly agree with you Shawnise. We never no the type of people that are lurking the web. They could be actual criminals. I agree she is a sick person for wanting her father killed. Many children wish to have fathers in their life and she wants her father dead? She needs more than just some prison time, she needs help.
Deletei agree with you, her father could have done nothing that serious so that she would want to kill him. Your right there are many young girls out there who would want to hug and kiss there father she is sick to just want to kill him.
DeleteI agree with what you said because of all the facts that you stated. Simply there has to be something to see whats going on.
DeleteI agree that the authorities should be notified in a way about dangerous things like this. The problem is that everyone has access to the internet, so anyone can upload anything, anywhere in the internet.
Deletei agree with you, her father could have done nothing that serious so that she would want to kill him. Your right there are many young girls out there who would want to hug and kiss there father she is sick to just want to kill him.
DeleteIn this case, I feel that the internet can lead to more crimes and malicious acts such as these and the internet is safe. People may do as the man in this case and alert authorities before any citizens will be harmed, injured, or in worst case scenarios, dead. The reason why the internet can lead to more crimes is because people spend most of their quality time, surfing the web and looking for trouble. Then, there are some helpful citizens that will try to be a hero and try to stop the crime. The internet should be a little stricter than what it is today. If anyone decides that they want to post a blog or anything on the internet, they should get permission from the actual boss that is head of the internet.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you I do think that people spend most of their time on the internet looking for trouble.in this generation people have too much free time on their hands and a constant thirst for vengeance so they are mainly on the internet looking for ways to get even with someone that they feel has wrong them. The government is so busy worrying arguing with each other that they are overlooking the real issues in the world.
DeleteI agree with you, Andrea. People in this generation have too much free time on their hands and they spend it on the internet looking for trouble. I think that getting permission to blog would upset people, but it would be help everyone.
DeleteThe internet has gone to a new level because they have alot resources to look for in these times.The internet should be safer for people to use instead be used for evil.
DeleteI fully agree with you Andrea the internet can lead to more crimes and malicious acts. Yes the internet does lead to bad things and some people may use it for the wrong purpose. Therefore with citizens such as the man it may turn out safe.
DeleteI agree with you Cruz, the internet is crazy also can lead to more crimes. The internet also leads to bad things and can get in the hands of the wrong people. Like I said in my post we need to see if we can get proof readers to read all of this stuff. Therefore if they see something wrong they can handle it firsthand.
DeleteI agree with you also Andrea! People do spend way too much time on the internet. Some people might even be addicted. Social networks need to start looking over the type of post people post daily.
DeleteI agree with you Andrea. People do surf the internet looking for trouble and once trouble is found some may acknowledge it and alert authorities. While others will actually be apart of the crime. I also agree that before a post is posted it should go through the administration of the website for safetly issues.
DeleteI agree with you Andrea. There is many kinds of people that go through the internet all the times, which does make many more bad crimes.
DeleteI totally agree that it's not a bad thing for young children to know how to use technology such as computers and phones. Of coarse I do believe that small children shouldn't really be all into social media such as Facebook , twitter , Instagram etc. Though I do agree children should be well aware of how to make phone calls especially on how to dial 911.
DeleteI do feel that the internet leads to the exposure of crimes and that it makes people want to act out those crimes. I believe that with the media covering these stories, it will make people want to act out in that manner. It can also be helpful just like in this case with the man alerting the authorities. The internet is beneficial, but it also has its downsides, too. People can post whatever they want without any consequences think the internet should have stricter policies, such as, permission to post on blogging in order to make the internet a better place.
ReplyDeleteI disagree that the internet is leading people to act out the crimes they see. I believe that most people on the internet are not people that would act out these crimes, especially the worst ones. I think that people would usually just alert the authorities if they see something that is illegal, and others will just ignore it.
DeleteI disagree with you; I don’t believe that stricter policies will decrease the amount of malicious acts that are formed on the internet. People will always find a way to get around those rules and then we're left with the same issue we started with. In my opinion the government should come together and decide on a plan of action.
DeleteI also disagree. Society gets around so many laws there’s no way that anyone can be prevented from using the internet. The internet is also used to make money and companies will not allow for it to be taken and used only at certain times. There’s so many other ways to prevent these types of incidents. We could block certain types of website or maybe even have to get permission to make certain types of websites. Social websites should also be kept an eye on also in order to protect everyone.
DeleteI also disagree. I don't think the stricter policies will do anything. If someone really wanted to commit a malicious act, they would do anything and everything they could to get around the policies.
DeleteI'm sorry, but I also disagree with you Jose. What will the stricter policies do, besides upset many people? It surely won't decrease the mailcious acts. Like Shawnise stated, "People will always find a way to get around these rules and get on the internet..." so therefore the stricter policies are irrelevant.
DeleteI have to agree the policy with with stricter Internet rules would definitely help out with crime. We need alot more rules on the Internet there is a lot if crime coming from the Internet. So yes I agree with jose and yes people would be upset with the rules but there still using the Internet so a couple more rules wouldn't bother the users
DeleteYea I agree with you but yet there still going to do those crimes. Simply because dont they put crimes such as murder on the news and people still kill.
DeleteI also disagree. I don't think the stricter policies will do anything. If someone really wanted to commit a malicious act, they would do anything and everything they could to get around the policies.
DeleteI agree with you José that the internet leads to the exposure of crimes and that it makes people want to act out those crimes. Many people see that every day and get influence to act that way.
DeleteI feel that the internet has the possibility to lead to crimes, but it is a small possibility. I feel that the internet is mostly composed of people who would do the same as the man and alert the authorities. Some additional methods that can be promoted would be to have people constantly reading that posts that are made on websites that are for people looking for work. They would look at the posts and if it seems suspicious to them, they can temporarily block the post and ask the person that posted it about it to see if it is legitimate. Hiring people to read the posts would cost a lot of money, but it could save lives.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you, Alex. There are people out there who are like the man and who would alert authorities if anything like that were to happen. I also agree with you that hiring people to proofread the blogs and that it would be very expensive.
DeleteI agree with you Alex the internet can possibly lead to crimes, but the chances are small. Although you must think that the internet is not only for the United States but the entire world uses it. So if you have multiple internet cases which involve a crime such as this one the chances of crime are extremely high.
DeleteI agree with you Alex. There are people that won’t contact the authorities to turn them in. But what if the wrong person saw it they would have token the offer and someone would have been dead or harmed. That exactly why I agree with you Alex .Also the internet can lead to more crimes. The internet is used more than by the U.S. I agree with E-dub also on that.
DeleteI agree with you Alex. Someone should be monitoring the internet and reporting it to police to save someone's life. There should be someone paid to watch and report incidents on the internet, it's worth saving someone, if not multiple lives.
DeleteI agree with you Alex, if we get someone to monitor the internet and its content many thing could be avoided. But then again we know that anyone has access to the internet, so many things are posted every second. Also, yes this would cost a lot of money.
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ReplyDeleteYes, I do believe that the internet can lead to more crimes and malicious acts. There are only a couple of good people who will alert authorities about crimes like this young man did. If it was another man who she had asked then maybe he would have done the job without any hesitation. The internet should be regulated by the government to prevent any harm that can put any citizen in a horrible position because most people look for trouble in the wrong places.
ReplyDeleteI strongly agree with you Ana Arana, because not everyone will alert the authorities about a crime like this. There would be one that will take the job. Do to that some will need the money or another reason. I also agree with you about the government should regulate the internet to prevent crimes like this from happening.
DeleteI agree with you, Ana because what if the man that informed the authorities needed money and had done the crime without hesitation to get the reward. Thanks to this brave man her father is now alive and she is now where she belongs in prison. Yes, the government should regularly check public websites of any mysterious acts maybe these crimes would decrease if it was fully investigated.
DeleteI agree with you Ana, not all individuals will report crimes over the internet. The internet has created a new way for criminals to create more victims. The government should regulate the internet to decrease the crime in our nation. In the case of Schmidt's father, he was fortunate to be saved by a good individual.
DeleteI agree with the suggestion that the government should be affiliated more with the security of people regarding the internet. If they already want to be big brother and have access to everything, than they they should be help responsible when crimes such as these occur as well.
DeleteI agree with you. People are becoming more non hesitant with their decision on doing crimes and now it's "easier" to work with crime on the internet . The government should always watch the internet and postings.
DeleteI agree with you, Andrea. There are a lot of sick people out there who are looking for trouble and nothing less. The internet should absolutely be regulated by the government.
ReplyDeleteI agree the government needs to step up when it comes to the Internet. To many deaths or crimes are committed on the web that's not likely to happen if the government had control of the Internet. The government just needs to set up more protection on the web for the users or watch out for Adds that don't add up or look suspicious.
DeleteIn this case I feel that the government should patrol the internet. I see a lot of stuff going on the internet that people shouldn’t be doing like drugs, exposing other girls and boys. Sometimes the internets do a lot of undercover things that we don’t even know about. There are a lot of sick people in the world who are looking for trouble and nothing less than that. People would do any and everything to harm others. If the wrong Person saw that post they probably would have token the 10,000 to kill her dad. People don’t care about their life anymore. The internet could be safer if the police or someone kept an eye out on the internet and this instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and etc. The internet can lead up to more crimes and malicious acts. There are a couple of good semeritains .But at the same time it can come across the wrong hands and the y will do what they got to do. We don’t have a lot of good people in this world ,but we just need to keep an eye out on the people that are trying to harm others ,and the entire world use the internet. Not just the U.S. But if we don’t keep an eye out there would be more and more under cover crimes we don’t know about. Maybe if we hire some people to proof read some things it’ll be better. The CEO of these internet sources like Instagram, Twitter, Facebook,craigslist,ebay,and etc. We just need to keep an eye out on the internet like a internet cop or something
ReplyDeleteI agree with you, Bianca. If the goverment has to watch what we do on the internet, to prevent these types of crimes, I would have no problem with it. This could keep on happening all over the world.
DeleteI believe the internet can never be trusted. Especially if it is used to plan a crime, the evidence will stay forever and could be found. It’s not safe at all for anyone but it’s still used every day. In my opinion, it can never be completely safe. There are plenty of murder victims that were a result of internet violence. However, there may be some ways to prevent these types of incidents. The internet should be revised on certain types of social websites. If there are some types of suspicious act it should be acted upon quickly to prevent and damage. All that we need to do is to pay a bit more close attention to these types of acts.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you Crystal. The internet is not a safe place and can never be trusted. There are many tricks and sick people in the internet that can try taking advantage of anyone. The internet being revised sounds like a very good idea to me. It will help ensure the safety of the people who use it.
DeleteHonestly I don't know how leaving behind evidence can be bad. This only helps build a case against the criminal. But I do agree with you that we need better internet protection. But your solution to this doesn't quite make sense to me. I think there should be a special squad that deals with internet crimes only. That way it be easier and more efficient to deal with things of this type. Instead of having cops who already have enough in there hands do it.
DeleteI agree that the internet is not safe or can be trusted. But yet it is not the internet: it is the people behind it. As you said, the internet should be revised to assure a higher safety to it.
DeleteI strongly agree with you Crystal Cobio. The internet should never be trusted. What was she thinking posting this on the internet? I’m glad that the man alerted the authorities instead of committing the crime and receiving prison time. There could be cases in which someone would have actually committed the crime as well as harmed her. I believe she needs some help. The internet should be revised because we do not want crimes like these to continue.
DeleteI agree with you Crystal. The internet is not safe. There is sick and wrong people that do irresponsible thing in the internet. There should be more safety to the internet.
DeleteI believe the internet can be both good and bad. There are very bad people in this world, but there are also plenty of good people in this world. The internet, in my opinion, will lead to vicious acts but it can also lead to arrests like woman in this case did. I think the internet should be watched by cops or officers over the computer. There are always things happening on the internet that authorities don't know about until it is too late. If internet users see suspicious activity they should report it to officers and overall, officers need to have some way to secure the internet.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you due to the fact that people nowadays think for the worst for others. Any little thing that ticks a person can lead them to do things that are unspeakable and may cause them to snap.
DeleteI agree with you Jio there are some good people in this world that would report incidents like this one, but the others won't. I do believe people should report suspicious activity when they see it. Also the police should investigate the Internet more.
DeleteI feel that the internet can lead to more crimes and malicious acts but I also feel we have citizens in America who would do the right thing and alert authorities. The internet has to be watched over by the government no matter what the cause may be. Not only do people go on websites asking other people to kill for them but there is also cyber-bulling. This is not the first time a person has done this crime and all of it needs to be stopped. In order to make the internet a safer environment there should be something that tells the user that they are not able to post inappropriate things on the internet, such as videos, pictures, and comments. We as society need to stop the bad and bring out the good.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you Alandra Gonzalez. There are some citizens in America that will do the right thing by alerting the authorities. There are not many out there that would harm others. The internet nits to be watched by the government, to prevent things like this from happening. This is not the first time that people have gone to the internet to look for someone to kill a person.
DeleteI agree, Alandra. We can blame the internet predetors, but we can also blame the peoplle and citizens who do not report the crimes they see. We have to do our part as citzens.
DeleteI do believe that the internet can lead to many more crimes and malicious acts. You are not safe at any place any more. The internet is not a safe place to talk to strangers. I do not believe that others would report this to the police, like the men did. I think that someone else would take the job. I believe that the internet will report or alert someone in a government agent, when something like this happens. That way they can get the person before they commit the crime.
ReplyDeleteWell I think that people will respond to it, if not, enough people will be talking about it that it will eventually reach the ears of someone with authority. But yes, you are right maybe someone else will take the job of killing someone else, there are plenty of crazy people who would do that. But I have faith that there are still good people in the world who will want to prevent someone’s death.
DeleteI agree with you Cindy, the authorities should be immediately notified of crimes like these. A system should be created or reinforced to apprehend criminals such as the daughter in the article. A more secure internet can help to make the internet a safer place. Not to mention, there will be a decrease of criminal activity over the internet.
DeleteI agree that the authorities should be notified in a way about dangerous things like this. The problem is that everyone has access to the internet, so anyone can upload anything, anywhere in the internet.
DeleteI do agree with you about that the internet is not safe. Also that no one is going to report something like that because not everyone cares. The goverment should have something that notifies them.
DeleteI think that the internet can be dangerous, but it can also be helpful. I say this because nowadays many criminals post crimes they did or are going to do on social media. This post then alerts the public, who in turn notify the authorities, as for influencing an increase in crimes… I’m not sure, because the internet can influence anyone, but I would say that the way it influence someone depends on the person. If the person doesn’t have the right morals or doesn’t know right from wrong, then yes it can possibly influence them to do bad things. Furthermore, I think that in order to make the internet a safer environment for users there should some sort of database security that look at anything that is bad, suspicious, or crime related.
ReplyDeleteJuanita Flores I couldn’t agree with you more. The Internet is helpful but only for news and educational facts that we as students really need. But it is also bad because we do have ignorant people who don’t actually think twice before they do something. People who write or post anything negative such as bullying or criminal act situations need to be watched and handled with care. Our society can be better than this.
DeleteIn my own opinion, I believe that the internet can be helpful as well as dangerous. The internet is only full of dangers because there are perilous individuals looking for victims. These individuals commit malicious acts over the internet and many innocent people are affected every day. Regulating websites and securing sites can help greatly reduce the victim rate over the interne. Hence, the internet is harmful since there are individuals that prey on others.
ReplyDeleteLesley, I agree with you with the internet that is full of dangers because now a days internet or anything else isn't safe. People starts posting and we need to stop preventing them to post things that involved in a crime. In order to make the internet safer environment for users there should be security that look at anything suspicious related to crime.
DeleteI strongly agree with the fact that it should be notified in a manner about dangerous acts like this. The problem is that everyone has access to the internet, so anyone can upload anything, anywhere in the internet. Therefore making it impossible to make the internet a harmless place, it’s full of nothing but, pure madness.
DeleteI strongly agree with you Pecina regulating websites needs to be taken in to consideration. But you are right the Internet can also be helpful, I mean I wouldn’t be able to do my homework if it wasn’t for the Internet. However, I’m not trying to kill other people or put a child for sale on the Internet. People need to be more careful and people with a criminal mind set needs to be caught.
DeleteLike Mrs. Harrell says, " An ideal mind is a devil's workshop". This woman clearly took what she has for granted, not many people can say they have a father or let alone know him so for her to plot to kill the man who gave her life is just plain ignorant. For starter's she most likely disagreed with something he said or maybe they may have gotten into a fight prior to the incident. Or maybe she was did not have anything better to do? I agree with having the government regularly screen the internet with mysterious content. Also, in my opinion the internet is making it easier to create violent crimes in the world and if we have regular screenings it can possibly clear up.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you Alexis . Something had to have happened for her to want her father dead . What triggered her to want her father dead . Many kids out there need and want a father and this one wants hers dead . It's a shame . I think having the government go over the Internet wouldn't help because technology has advanced so much that people find their way around things like this . But it wouldn't hurt to try right ?
DeleteI believe that the internet can lead to crimes, but can also help stop the crimes before they happen. As to how the internet can be made a safer place, in my opinion that would be something impossible. This is because the internet is opened to everyone, and this is how anything can go into the internet. In my opinion the only way to make the internet a safer place is in the hands of the people that use the internet. This is because we as a whole make the internet and its content.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you Cesar, that the only way to make internet a safer place is by the hands of the people. Also, we do not know what the person is doing and hopefully someone catches them before they do the act. Your purpose stated "its content" and you’re definitely right about that and so I think people should be more like that.
DeleteI agree with you as well, i believe that making the internet safer could be possible. What i dont agree with you in is that the internet is not really in our hands. we are not the only users of the internet. there are millions and thousands of people who use the internet therefore we are really not in control of it.
DeleteI disagree with you. No matter how safe we think the internet can be, it won't. These people have a sick twisted mind and they will always try and find a way to commit their crimes through the internet.
DeleteI agree. Not a lot of people would report these types of crimes. They would just easily decline and move on. So true, trying to make the internet safer is impossible. Many people always tend to say and post themselves as others. I guess there just has to be some good people in this world so they can report all the crimes and bad people. That would help the internet people so much more.
DeleteThe Internet has not been safe in so many ways . It's like every second it gets worse . The fact that Alot of people use the Internet to cause harm is disturbing . The Internet isn't safe at all . Probably has caused more harm then we will ever know . Crimes as this situation isn't heard as much , so therefore it's shocking . Not Alot of people are willing to do what this man did by calling the authorities . The man could of seem this as an opportunity to get money and not care .
ReplyDeleteI don't think we can really do much to prevent Internet crime . We just need more people that aren't willing to do anything and everything for crazy amount of money .
I agree with you Debeney, it is true every second, minute, has gotten worst. I also think it is very disturbing because there are people out there, who is willing to murder or harm someone but in this case the man went to the authorities and stopped it and was very brave of him. I also agree that we cannot really do anything to prevent internet crime but we need more willing people to step forward and report it.
DeleteI agree with you Debeney that the internet hasn't been safe anymore. Now a days the internet causes more harm and been shock. Is true that not all the people are willing to contact the authorities, but either way they should contact the authorities and not wait for someone else to do it.
DeleteI completely agree with you! No matter what we do to try and keep the internet useful for other things, people will always find a way to use it in a wrong way. It really is shocking that people now use the internet for non necessary reasons.
DeleteI strongly agree with you. The internet can't be shutdown nor can it be really secure from anything which makes it difficult for anybody to prevent any crime through it.
DeleteI do believe the internet can lead to more crimes and malicious acts, but can also help stop the crimes before they have happen. The fact that tons of people use the internet every day and we don't know what they are doing. In this case, the man was willing to go to the authorities and save the father's life. The internet isn't safe at all and using the internet to plot a murder is discomfit. I do not think we can prevent internet crime but the only way is in the hands of the people that use the internet. Also, in my opinion we as society should leave the bad things behind and bring out the good.
ReplyDeleteYou're right about the internet can being beneficial in helping catch criminals in their acts. Social media knows no limits to people's personal lives and will let just about anybody what they're up to. That could help law enforcement and hinder the individuals possible committing the crimes.
DeleteThe internet is resourceful in so many ways, but there is always that possibility that people will turn it into something for the worse. Crimes like this will continue to occur only is society lets them. The well being of our community typically lies in our own hands and the initiative to contact authorities when necessary. I can't think of any specific methods to attempt to prevent events like this from happening other than just be more aware of what you're about to endeavor in once you enter the cyber world. Be informative.
ReplyDeleteYes, I believe the internet can lead to more crimes and malicious act such as this case because now a day’s internet isn’t safe either. However, not everyone will do the right thing like the man did who he reported to the authorities. The government should watch the internet and see what others civilians post because we want a safe environment. Some additional method that can be promoted in order to make the internet a safer environment for its users is to tell the user who posts inappropriate things for them not to post on the website because is not right to do those things. Yet, we the civilians if we see something posted we should immediately contact the authorities and not wait for someone else do it.
ReplyDeleteI agree, there are people that do not react to inappropriate material on the internet. Instead, they find it funny and just move on. The man who actually alerted the authorities was a good civilian. Many people claim to be minding their own business, but they should stick up for someone that is about to get hurt. If there are people just like this man then it might reduce crime on the internet.
DeleteThe internet can never be trusted. We use it every day without realizing all the danger behind it. The internet can be useful, but there are always people that use it to harm others. It does lead to an easier access to communicate and plan crimes. There should be more government supervision on what is put up on the internet. The government should let the people be aware about these conflicts and promote the right choice people should take.
ReplyDeleteI agree, the internet can be a very dangerous source. When we communicate with other people on websites such as Facebook, only the two users can view the messages. This prevents others from viewing the inappropriate conversations that people have. Only if one of them decides to do the right thing and alert the authorities that’s when they can be helped.
DeleteThe internet can be beneficial to many citizens, but it can be in a good way or in a bad way. There are many people that misuse the internet. These people can use it to hurt someone emotionally and could potentially harm them physically. There are people that search for simple recipes to bake a cake and then there are people that search for how to poison someone else. I personally think that the problem is the person’s mindset of why they log into the internet. Unfortunately, there is nothing that can be done to prevent these crimes because we cannot control the perpetrators malicious mind.
ReplyDeleteI agree that the internet is really useful for communication and research. I do believe there could be different ways to decrease some of the danger towards it.
DeleteI agree with everything you have just said , Kimberly. The internet’s meant to help people and many take the advantage to a different level and commit crime such as the one we were told right now. In my point of view like I said before there really isn't much we can do to prevent things like that from happening. We can help by perhaps putting up adds saying to report anything unusual that might lead to a crime or so and then perhaps less crimes will be committed.
DeleteIn my perspective I do believe that the internet can lead to more crimes and malicious acts. Some people may do as the man did in this case did and alerted the authorities but in other cases there could be someone who sees the amount of money and will actually commit the crime. The internet should be regulated properly so these crimes that are being committed online will no one continue. It should be revised so it will help guarantee safety and from any wrong doing to those who use it.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you the Internet can lead to more crimes. Yes some guys are good but the others aren't and they might have committed to crime as the one on the blog for any amount of money.
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ReplyDeleteI believe that in this type of situation it could go either way. In a way the internet can be a bad thing but on the other hand it could be a good thing. Like in this case when the man instead of actually doing the crime he prevented it. However yes the internet can be used for many wrong reasons if this man had not been on the right side this crime would have actually taken place. We cant really do much about these types of crimes because we never know if its the good or bad guy on the other end of the deal, for example this case in iowa.
ReplyDeleteI agree because like I said in my respond it all depends on the person either the person coshes to do good or bad it’s up to him or her. As for the internet , it plays a part in crimes and we really can’t do anything about it ,in my personal view because we can’t possibly check on every person to check that everything.
DeleteYes the internet can cause a huge amount of malicious acts and crimes. The internet is nothing but madness anything can be done in the internet and can’t be taken back. The internet is certainly not safe it can easily hurt anyone who would be a primary target. First we had bullying now it’s leading to a whole new chapter, authorities can do so much to keep the internet safe from sick twisted people. As much as people want the authorities to step in and help out they can do so little due to the fact that they also have to worry about hacker and modifiers. The only way that I see the internet being a safer place is if the authorities start working out things with other hackers and modifiers to team up and take down these foolish acts taking place on the internet.
ReplyDeleteYou have a very good point Jose. The internet has gone very far on malicious acts, but you have to see that people will always do bad things. I think the internet is just an easier way for people to cause harm. I do believe that the government should do some restrictions on certain websites.
DeleteWell of course the internet will lead to so much crimes because people are to comfortable knowing that they are safe in a different location, so they just keep scrolling through social websites and sharing their private information to meet new people. Unfortunately, they are not safe, there are many criminals looking in those websites to find the people's locations to commit crimes on them.Now what I think the government should do to this problem is make a machine that track computers that breaks the system's firewall that prevents people from hacking through other people's profiles, and what the people should do for their safety is to have two profiles, one with your real information for your friends and family members, and another one with false information like (street addresses, phone number, etc.) for complete strangers. The reason why you should make a false account because there are some criminal hackers in this society who can hack into your profile to see your information and find you.So be aware of who you talk to on the internet.
ReplyDeleteYes, I personally think that the internet can lead crimes such as the one you have spoken but there’s people in the world who do the right thing like the man who reported what he saw. So it all depends on who it is remember in this world we have both good and evil again it all depends on the morals of the person. Perhaps we should have internet based police men / detectives , to keep an eye in what happens and check constantly to see if anything is going on . There’s not much one can do when it comes to internet users and what the content is it all depends on the people and wait for someone to speak up.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you Julia. The man made the right choice in reporting the women. I disagree with the opinion about the internet I personally believe that a person who wants to cause harm will do it with or without the internet, but you had a great response.
DeleteThere are many ways to keep the Internet safe and more family friendly. The government needs to crack down on the bad website and places you can go on the web before you can even make a web site you have to go trough a background check and a verified cite. So that the people who have records can't make websites or anything like that. so yes I strongly agree with Eisha to get protection for the Internet.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you. The people making a website should go through a background check and have it verified.
DeleteI believe that everyone has their choice on what to do in the internet. Good or bad, sick people will always find a way to cause harm. I think that in the case of this women authorities should investigate further, maybe her dad did something very harmful that led her into that mental state. Although the internet is the easiest way to get people in trouble I still believe that a person that wants to cause harm will cause harm with or without the internet. The internet doesn't need to change. People will always find a way to commit malicious acts.
ReplyDeleteI strongly do believe the Internet can lead to more crimes because not everyone is who they say they are on social media. There is a high percentage of people that are crazy and will do anything for money. It just so happen an innocent person click on this ad and reported the incident to the police. Don't forget you also have people pretending to be younger and lure kids in to do bad stuff. Well for starters to make the Internet safer I believe the parents should supervise what there children are looking up on the internets and if the they have Facebook or Instagram or any other social media like so they should have it on private and only accept the people they know.
ReplyDeleteI strongly agree with you. Many people tend to do anything for money these days because of the poor economy and many fall into the other people's tricks. I didn't think about that to make the internet safer. That is such a good idea. Parents should be checking up on their kids because kids are very gullible and would believe anything.
Delete1. Yes I think the internet isn't safe at all and it can lead to various crimes. 2. I honestly dont think we can do anything about making the internet safe, the internet is always gonna be filled with petafiles and many other criminals that roam the internet for their next victim. So in my opinion the internet isn't safe & we cant really do much about it.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you Rico. The internet is not safe at all. And, I also agree with you that we cannot do anything about the internet to be safe. There is many people that can hack, and do many crimes without letting others know about it.
DeleteI believe that in fact it can lead to more serious crimes because there is a lot of stuff that is done through the internet. For example the case that happened with that guy that used the internet to seek and distribute drugs and it appeared as if he wasn't doing anything wrong. As to the second question the government should have some type of system that can verify what everyone is doing with the internet.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with you Jonathan the Internet can be a very dangerous place and it is definitely open for more crimes to be committed. Behind a screen you never know who could be lying about themselves.
DeleteI completely agree with you Ana the Internet can be a very dangerous place and it is definitely open for more crimes to be committed. Behind a screen you never know who could be lying about themselves. The Internet is just give people a chance to be open and not afraid to commit a crime
DeleteIn my opinion I do believe that the Internet is a very dangerous place. Not only because this case where the woman was attempting to have her father murdered. But in cases such as cyber predators I think people are more prone to commit a crime over the Internet because they believe they will not be caught or they feel more brave with a screen in front of them. As if just logging off will just erase every single trace. When in reality it will not but honestly there really is not anything that can be done about it, but only to inform the general public of these predators.
ReplyDeleteValerie I agree with you that people feel like they are inpower because they have a screen in front of them. I understand when you say that we acted like logging off can change something but in general it doesn't. We sit her saying that what is wrong with society but in honesty we are the society.
DeleteFor question 1, I believe that the internet is not safe. People can plan things and that can led to crimes.
ReplyDeleteFor question 2, I don't believe that we can make the internet safe. Even if we can make it safe, it won't be safe for long. There is many people out in the world that can do irresponsible things to the internet. So, in my opinion I believe that we cannot do anything about the internet being safe.
The internet can be a safe place again but to do that we got to get rid of the people who are breaking the law. If get rid of those people the internet will be a safe place again.
DeleteI strongly believe that the internet is a very useful tool for committing a crime. This woman wanted to hire someone to kill her father. The internet has it's benefits as well as their downside. These sick people tend to use the internet a lot more because they believe it'll be harder for them to get caught. As for the other question no matter how safe they try and make the internet it will never stop crime. People will find a way to use it the way they desire.
ReplyDeleteYou wrong Cindy I have fate that one day people will understand each other and that the hatred that we live in will go away but it won't go away if we just sit here and do nothing. There will be a day were the hatred will disappear and peace will be. XD
DeleteI agree with you because like you said people will always find a way to use the internet in a bad way.
DeleteI strongly agree with you Cindy. The internet can't be shutdown nor can it be really secure from anything which makes it difficult for anybody to prevent any crime through it.
DeleteI agree with you Cindy, the internet does have its downsides and benefits but people will always find a way to use it how they want.
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DeleteI agree with you Cindy And Angelica A. Because the fact that we can't really do anything other than be careful to what websites we visit, The internet cannot be shut down it's up to us to becareful.
I totally agree with you Cindy if the paramedics don't get there in time at least the kid will know what to do just how he did in this situation. A young child can be your only hope in desperate need.
DeleteWell the internet can be both safe and dangerous. I think it all depends on the person that either decides if they want to do these types of crimes. On certain websites, like Craigslist, you find these types of crime ads because the person can edit the ad all they want in order to make it look innocent. Not all people are like that though but some will actually give into the ad for that amount of money. The internet can be such a trap for people because they can’t really see what is going on the other side of the other user’s screen. No one really knows what they’re getting their selves into. The internet doesn’t really have many restrictions and if it gets blocked then someone will be smart enough to unblock it. So, I don’t really think there can be any methods to actually make the internet safer.
ReplyDelete1. I believe that the internet is not a safe place how it used to be. Now days we see a lot of people doing wrong stuff in the internet like cyber bully, trying to hire somebody to kill somebody, sell people etc....
ReplyDelete2. I believe that we can make the internet a safer place again if only people would stop doing bad things.
I agree with you in the part that people do a lot of bad things in the internet like the ones you named. I do not agree with you in the part that we can make it safe i think its too late to make it safe because there are a lot of bad people out there.
DeleteHugo I agree that the internet is not safe. As technology advances more crime increases. We see a lot of cyber bullying and prople dying anything.
DeleteYes we can make the internet safer but how can we improv the internet if we have sick people like that on the internet.
I agree with you that the internet is not a safe. There's so many bad things that people can go and view on the internet. We can do many things to stop people from doing the wrong thing but they will always find a way to use the internet wrong.
DeleteI agree that the internet is not safe because there is alote of people that want to do bad or cause harm to others . Alote of people use the internet for company and social reasons there is no way that the government will get rid of the internet because of these reasons .
DeleteI do believe that the internet can lead to more crimes like this one or worst. I dont believe that there is a way to make the internet safer because there will always be people like this one that will use it for a bad purpose. I do not believe that everybody that comes across this kind of things reports them to the authorities i believe that some people agree to do the things that they are told.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you Jose. The technology is too advanced that we cannot stop these crimes. We can prevent it, however. We can do this by having security look over the internet and report some stuff online. There will always be some good people that will report things like what happened in this situation and there will be some who will not say a word.
DeleteJose is right you can't make the internet anymore safter specially with people like the 23 year old women who posted something on cragslist for someone to kill her father like really and no one thought twice about what she meant how can we protect our citizens when we can't even do more on the Internet.
DeleteI agree with the fact that people do agree with some crimes that might be arranged through the internet. Therefore i feel like the internet should be more secure, but either way they would still find a way. Clearly the internet isn't a safe place to rely on anything regardless.
DeleteI believe that the internet is not the same as it use to be. Nor it is not safe. Megan Schmidt should be ashamed. Not that many people grow up with a father. Some never get to meet their father. She should look at herself and she be ashamed that she put a price on her father life. 10,000 ment so much to her to murder her father. I lost my father 2 1/2 years ago and if he was her with me I would spend every minute with him.
ReplyDeleteI believe that the government should be more involved with the internet. They should also hold all websites accountable because Craigslist had been in the news about this more that once. They never take action on nor alert the authorities.
The internet can not be trusted. Many people believe everything that is said on the web. However, we can't trust it or believe it is safe. There are many sick people in this world and some may even be as desperate as the person in this case. I believe the internet brings more crimes because it allows us to get more insight information about a person or a place or even perhaps find an accomplice. In order to ensure that the internet is the safest, I believe that the government should secure websites that contain personal information and that they should have someone go through it and make sure everything is as safe as possible.
ReplyDeleteLourdes is right we can not trust the internet because it's not safe out there in the world with all these sick and crazy people out there in the world that can get all your personal information and cause harm to others this women hired someone to kill her father off of the cragslist.
DeleteI definitely agree with you Lourdes. Government should provide to secure any websites containing secure information leading to being an accomplice. I also don't trust the internet. There isnt so much to believe that has been put on the internet
DeleteI agrre with you Lourdes. The government shoud shut down these bad website and im sure the crime will drop. Not a lot but it will be something.
DeleteThe internet is dangerous because anything be put on there and people will answer to anything on cragslist or eBay like the women put on there "one time job" she was looking for a hit man and a guy answer her . The cragslist killer came from the internet. I do believe they need to take other precautions and methods to make sure things like these don't happen again they need to make sure what they post on the internet is not harmful or dangerous to others and check on what they post on the Internet.
ReplyDeleteFirst off the man who had accepted the job once finding out the details had went straight to the authorities he never expected for the job to be something like that. I agree they should check what is being posted but that isn't enough plus it would be very time consuming to monitor every little post that is being posted on the internet.
DeleteI strongly believe that the internet is very capable of causing crimes. I also believe that as the number of internet users expand, the concern of safety for adults and children are increasing. Such crimes that are committed though the internet obviously don't know they cause physical or mental harm to the person on the other side of the computer. I honestly don't think other people would do what the man did on this case. Other people might accept the deal just for the money which is this case how would we ever know? I would like to say that the internet can become more safe and more secured for people but since it's so worldwide I honestly doubt that will happen. It can be done but It would surely take a long amount of time to do so.
ReplyDeleteI agree the amount of time that is needed to make the internet safer is very time consuming. Also I disagree that crimes on the internet do cause some type of harm from it being physical or emotional it does cause harm.
DeleteI agree with you i believe the internet is causing more crimes. This is because society is changing
DeleteIn this case of something like this ever happening the internet may face and live on crimes as well as threatening someones life. I believe things like this is just way out of line in leading to preposterous things to beings. On the other hand, things happening like this, someone in their mind will quickly alert the police that someone is causing aggressive harm to an innocent human being.
ReplyDeleteAnd in other words in having a secure internet environment would be having to track or look at harmful typing that may come along.
I further agree with you Alex. The internet is very much used in committing a crime. One last thing that best agrees with you is promoting internet safety communications.
ReplyDeleteIn my mind the internet can be used to cause malicious crimes like the one from the passage above. With the internet so poorly regulated it's becoming a huge concern for many people. Also I do believe that if there were more people like the one from the passage then it could stop a percentage of internet crimes. If we want the internet to be safe from these kinds of malicious acts then the internet should be constantly checked especially on website like Craigslist, and eBay so that it can put a stop to these kinds of posts.
ReplyDeleteI frankly believe that the internet can lead to more crimes and malicious acts such as these and the internet is safe. People may do as the man in this case and alert authorities before any citizens will be harmed, injured, or in worst case scenarios, dead. The reason why the internet can lead to more crimes is because people spend most of their quality time, surfing the web and looking for trouble. Then, there are some helpful citizens that will try to be a hero and try to stop the crime. The internet should be a little stricter than what it is today. If anyone decides that they want to post a blog or anything on the internet, they should get permission from the actual boss that is head of the internet.
ReplyDeleteWell I think it can either be both. There is a 50% chance that someone might report it to the authorities and there’s another 50% that someone might accept the job and do it. I am positive that the internet does lead and will lead to malicious crimes in the future. So many people are showing off things such as money, cars, luxury things that lead to other people wanting to steal from them. Also many girls are exposing themselves by posting pictures of them in very few clothes or sometimes even naked which can lead to a lot of rapist or pervs trying to come in contact with them which later can lead to rapes.
ReplyDeleteSome methods that we can help the internet become a safer resource is by blocking all the bad websites such as adult entertainment websites, websites that show very graphic stuff of people getting murdered , etc. .
I agree with you most of the time on one reports thing to the authorities. People post everything about their life’s including money and cars as you had stated. Blocking all the bad websites is one thing that may help.
DeleteI strongly agree with you on the internet being 50 50 because it all depends on the user and their state of mind. Although your methods sound very good there is that slight chance that people can get around them and allow them to be exposed again.
DeleteI agree with Oscar because of the fact that there are a lot of people that are exposing their wealth and the luxuries that they own which could lead to robbery and possibly murder. Also most girls in today's society do post a lot of exposing images of themselves. And I believe that they shouldn't do that because there are so many rapists and sexual offenders out there that can be tempted to commit a crime.
DeleteI don't think that the internet will lead to more crimes because it's just what people do that make thing's happen because the internet is not going to kill a person. I think there should be someone watching what they put on the internet.
ReplyDeleteI disagree with you because now a day’s people post every detail about their lives on social media. Someone can keep updated with all your post, find you, and hurt you. People kill people but the website can make it easier for the killer to hurt you.
DeleteI believe that the internet can lead to many more crimes and malicious acts. You are not safe at any place any more. The internet is not a safe place to talk to strangers. I do not believe that others would report this to the police, like the men did. I think that someone else would take the job. I believe that the internet will report or alert someone in a government agent, when something like this happens. That way they can get the person before they commit the crime.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you Christian. No one is safe over the internet. Anyone can pose as anyone over the internet. The government could do more things to prevent this
DeleteYes i feel the internet is leading to more crimes because also fights are going on. And people tell other people things that may lead to them getting killed. I think there shouldn't be public access to society like Facebook, instagram, twitter,etc.
ReplyDeleteIn this case, I feel that the internet can lead to more crimes and malicious acts such as these and the internet is safe. I believe that with the media covering these stories, it will make people want to act out in that manner. I do not believe that others would report this to the police, like the men did. I think that someone else would take the job. If anyone decides that they want to post a blog or anything on the internet, they should get permission from someone with a higher authority.
ReplyDeleteIn this case of something like this ever happening the internet may face and live on crimes as well as threatening someones life. may do as the man in this case and alert authorities before any citizens will be harmed, injured, or in worst case scenarios, dead. Also many girls are exposing themselves by posting pictures of them in very few clothes or sometimes even naked which can lead to a lot of rapist or pervs trying to come in contact with them which later can lead to rapes.It will be safer if everyone will block all the bad websits. Also blocking people that look suspicious.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you Vanessa many girls are exposing themselves by posting pictures of them in very few clothes or sometimes even naked which can lead to a lot of rapist or perverts trying to come in contact with them which later can lead to rapes.
DeleteI remain neutral on whether the internet is safe or not because it does not depend on the site it depends on the user and their state of mind. Therefore I believe that the users of cyberspace are what make the internet very unexpected and dangerous. Off of that I conclude that there is really nothing anyone can do to make the internet safer due to those who manipulate any methods used.
ReplyDeleteI agree with ida because the people that are not in their right mind are the cause that there is so much crimes being committed in the cyberspace world. I think that you're right about that there is nothing we can really do about all the bad internet users in this world.
Deletei agree with you ida because we really cant stop what people do on there own time and all we can do is be cautious and try and prevent stuff that we log on to or stuff we see on the internet and we can just take precautioary attempts like block websites and people on the internet
DeleteYes, I agree that it is not necessarily the internet but also the person. I also agree that there might not be any methods that can be taken to make the internet safer.
Delete1. I do believe that the internet can lead to a lot of bad and evil crimes. Some people are not mentally stable and do not deserve to be on the internet at all. Many different crimes can differ in the cyber world. Like hacking into banks and taking millions of dollars and identity theft. So yes I do believe that the internet can be a very sick and dangerous and manipulating place.
ReplyDelete2. There can be safer and much better methods that can be promoted to make the internet a safer place. I think that federal internet security should be put into to place if they haven’t been put already and people should be able to feel safe if improvements are made to the internet.
I agree with you, another thing that might work for the government is setting up secret websites not able to be accessed by the public. Therefore only those in use of the site should know of it so if anything were to occur they would know it was an inside job.
Deletei agree with you steven, and another thing that might work is if we set up private investigators to screen the most popular websites and see what people are doing like have them search hit man wanted on craigslist
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ReplyDeleteI do believe that the internet is a cause of malicious and criminal acts because you never know what kind of people are out there trying to make a quick buck they'll literally do anything for money
ReplyDeleteThere are cautions that should be taken to prevent stuff like this like we should have people search the internet for that kind of stuff like hiring a hit man to kill their father or father in law
I agree with you Oscar the government should have people on most visited websited to see what they post such as like people saying they want to kill there father kind of stuff.
DeleteI agree with you Oscar. The government should hire special people to look over these websites like Craigslist. They should go over the ads people post like, for example, Megan Schmidt. People will go to any extent to get what they want. Plus, people who desperately need the money will easily accept a proposition of 10,000 dollars to kill someone's own father.
Delete1. I believe that Megan Schmidt should be ashamed of what she on the internet because not only is that embarrassing to her family but also to her father because she tried to kill him. I think that she should also get some type of therapy to help her out mentally. The reason being is because I think there is something wrong with you if you are posting ads to kill her father and pay 10,000 to do it.
ReplyDelete2. Other things that we can do differently to make the internet safer is to have have the government hire people to watch suspicious ads or just watch for what people post on the internet.
1. In my opinion the internet has its benefits but at the same time can lead to more crime. Like Megan Schmidt when she put ads to kill her father. People will use the internet how they want because they think nobody can stop them.
ReplyDelete2. There can be safer ways to make the internet a safe environment to go on. The government can make it harder for everybody and anybody that wants to make a website. So that the people that have records can’t make a website. They should crack down on the bad websites that are already up.
I do think that the internet cannot be trusted and that parents should be more cautious of to where their children are lurking they have to be more careful as to what websites they can go on , There has been a lot of crimes due to the internet . The government should make the websites 18 and older so only adults can go on some certain websites, So that it’ll be safer in some occasions.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you Angelica. If the parents are aware of what the kid are doing the kids will at least think about doing something wrong on the internet twice, because they know they are being supervised. If the government makes the adult websites 18 and older the crimes happening on the internet will go down in my opinion, because most crimes happen to 16 or 15 year old kids.
DeleteI agree with you Angelica, the kid are doing the kids will at least think about doing something. If the government makes the adult websites 18 and older the crimes happening on the internet will go down in my opinion, because most crimes happen to 16 or 15 year old kids.
Delete1. The use of the Internet ultimately depends on the people and their judgment. Luckily, the man who got an e-mail from Megan Schmidt had good judgment and contacted the police. The Internet can, unfortunately, cause more crimes. Schmidt was offering 10,000 dollars to kill her own father! Anyone desperate enough could have easily accepted the job and money. Fortunately in this milieu, no none was hurt.
ReplyDelete2. I believe it all falls in the hands of the government. Craigslist is already a website known for frauds, theft, etc. There should be a government official or something keeping their eyes on these sorts of websites and constantly check the ads and propositions people is posting here.
In my opinion I believe the internet is very harmful. That is because people tend to create fake profiles and insert fake information. I think people tend to create more crimes over the internet because they feel safer do to anonymous information.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you Jackie the internet is very harmful. I also agree how that can make more crimes and the government should make it safer to use.
DeleteYes Jackie I agree with you 100%. People do make fake internet profiles to commit crimes like, messaging other people pretending to be someone else. They lie about who they realy are and they get information from other people just to try and do something wrong to them.
DeleteI believe the internet can lead to more crimes to happen. Also, what Megan Schmidt did was wrong to put it on the internet ads to kill her father. The reason why is because you never know who is looking around the internet and what kind of people they are it can be a rapist and other kinds of terrifying people.
ReplyDeleteThere is other better safer way to make the internet a safer .For, example the government can hire people who can watch the websites if there is anything wrong going on, but people will always find a way to do things secretly.
I agree with you Yessica. All sorts of people with different minds use the Internet every day. Their intentions are unknown. We have to be very careful with the kind of people we talk to in the cyber world. I agree that the government should have a special department to look over certain websites such as Craigslist.
DeleteI honestly think young children now a days are really into technology. Therefore they are more familiar with 911. Parents should be responsible to teach them that at an early age either way. It's unbelievable what the young boy did and the proper way to approach it. Three year olds' shouldn't really be eating just anything without adult supervision because it can easily take away someone's life. We all need to learn how to be careful with our children and teach them safety procedures and how to approach them. I'm very astonished and proud of the young boy for saving his little sister's life.
DeleteI feel that the internet has the possibility to lead to crimes, but it is a small possibility. I feel that the internet is mostly composed of people who would do the same as the man and alert the authorities. Some additional methods that can be promoted would be to have people constantly reading that posts that are made on websites that are for people looking for work. They would look at the posts and if it seems suspicious to them, they can temporarily block the post and ask the person that posted it about it to see if it is legitimate. Hiring people to read the posts would cost a lot of money, but it could save lives.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you a little bit. Like if it's a criminal, he's gonna break the rules regardless if it is over the internet on not. The internet does give him an extra push though to meet other criminals, and become friends.
DeleteYes, I believe that the internet has promoted the crime rate. Many people are able to commit all kinds of crime through the internet and social media. Depending on what the case is about also depends if the person will report the criminal activity or not. For example, if the person feels threaten or just doesn’t want to get involved they will just leave it alone. However there are some people out there that report criminal activities no matter what. There are many ways to make the internet a save environment however it’ll make criminals seek for other ways to act on their criminal activity. I believe people should just be more cautious while being on the internet or social media.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you 100% Kharim, there is too much freedom on the internet! People can do and post legal and illegal activities on there being careless. Social media is a sneaky way to set up some illegal activity.
Delete1. I believe that the internet has way too much freedom to certain things. Websites such as Craigslist and Facebook have increased crime rates drastically because there are so many ways to communicate through there personally. You can meet so many differnet people on social media, strangers that you don't know what they are capable of. Criminal or not you don't know, because you are talking to them behind a computer screen.
ReplyDelete2.Some ways to make the internet safer is to limit certain things. Use parental control, and block it. Take the whole category on Craigslist to meet new people off, it's ridiculous.
I agree with you Jazmin, it is way too easy to communicate with people now a days. Parental control would be a good idea or for the parents to check their children's social networks.
DeleteYea right! Internet can lead to more crimes because most of the people in our society today do not care about the consequences. People feel like they can get away with anything they do online. Most of them think it is the smartest way to commit a crime but in reality it’s not. Who ever made the website can be the ones who read and allow whatever it is that is being post. If that person feel like it’s too much work then they shouldn’t have made a website.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you Cyntera people in our society are crazy and don’t think about their actions. Also the person shouldn't make a website if they can't handle it because it puts other people in danger.
Delete1.) I believe that the internet can lead to more crimes because it is really easy to contact people and get personal information from them. Also people can lie about their identity and you never know what they are capable of.
ReplyDelete2.) I think that in order for the internet to be safer, people should not post personal things in their bio or page. But if that doesn’t work than the government should control all websites.
Is a known fact that the internet isn't safe. Many crimes are commited via the internet. I think the goverment is doing a good job to stop crime on the web. We can also teach people about the dangers of using the internet. Eather way there will still be crime online.
ReplyDeleteI believe that the internet shouldn’t be blamed for what people decide to do with the resources available. The guy in this case did good on advising the authorities about what the women was attempting to do, but the fact that the women decided to use the internet to find somebody to get hired to commit a murder doesn’t mean that the internet is to be blamed for. The person should be and is the one being held responsible through it all. Just as guns, guns don’t kill people but the people kill each other!
ReplyDeleteI agree with the fact that the internet isn't safe. There's many people that hide behind a computer and pose as someone else. Megan Schmidt was wrong for the action she committed, but the fact remains that there's other people who continue to do things like this. The government should have people who try and stop these poeple from committing these actions
ReplyDeleteIn this case, I feel that the internet can lead to more crimes and malicious acts such as these and the internet is safe. People may do as the man in this case and alert authorities before any citizens will be harmed, injured, or in worst case scenarios, dead. Who ever made the website can be the ones who read and allow whatever it is that is being post. If that person feel like it’s too much work then they shouldn’t have made a website. Most of them think it is the smartest way to commit a crime but in reality it’s not.
ReplyDeleteOther ways the internet can be safer for its users is by monitoring certain word that can be used to trigger off a system. Just like they do it now for terrorism they can also do the same for kidnapping murders and any other massive criminal cases that may harm anybody’s life. The internet can be monitored in so many ways possible to prevent this but the person with the ideas of hurting another human will not be stop just by monitoring the internet.
ReplyDeleteI do believe that the internet has promoted crime to increase. Unfortunately not a lot of people would have done what this man did to call the police. They would have just done the crime and taken the money some people will do anything for money. Ways to make sure that this crime stop is to inform the police like this man. Also the can shut down the account of the person who is putting out this information.
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