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Six Degrees is considered the first social
media networking site. Founded By
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Facebook was created by Mark Zuckerberg, Eduardo Saverin, Dustin Moskovitz, Chris Hughes, and Andrew McCollum.
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Edward Richardson murdered his 26 year wife Sarah when she changed her Facebook status to single. The husband also suffered from cyber jealousy.
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Matthew Dubois, a 16-year-old Highline High School student, was charged Tuesday with second-degree murder in connection with the fatal shooting of 15-year-old Mikarah Sanders on New Year's Eve. This all happened over a MySpace Comment.
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Kevin Systrom created Instagram.
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A record number of teenagers were reporting depressive symptoms and overloading mental health clinics while suicide rates climbed for the first time in decades.
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Snapchat was created by Evan Spiegel, Reggie Brown, and Bobby Murphy.
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Courtney Sanford crashed her car into a highway moments after updating her Facebook Status with “The happy song makes me happy”.
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A woman has been given a life sentence for murdering her boyfriend after an alleged row over the amount of time he spent on Facebook.
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One teenager tweeted that another couldn't rap.
Friends and associates of each teen then jumped into the social media squabble. A fight broke out and Parker the kid that died died. -
Idaho family mourning the death of their daughter who was a victim of cyberbullying.
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12 year old Katelyn Davis suffered from depression by bullies and cyberbullies. Later she live streamed her suicide in her backyard by hanging.
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Justin Green, 31, was taken into custody on Monday after he reportedly broadcast the kidnapping of a man using bogus Facebook accounts.
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Sadie Riggs 15 year old who killed herself june 2017 by hanging. Family blames social media and her bullying peers.
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A majority of Americans use Facebook and YouTube, but young adults are especially heavy users of Snapchat and Instagram. Research has shown that 90 percent of people use social media.