Is Facebook Facilitating Anti-Social Behavior Among Teens?

With Facebook’s user base growing well past 400M users, it’s inevitable that a percentage of them might be sociopaths, taking advantage of the social network’s very features to accomplish their goals. Several disturbing incidents have taken place recently in the state of Massachusetts in particular, and Facebook has been an instrument by the teens in question.

When over 60 teens trashed a home in East Bridgewater, Mass — while the owners were in Paris — leaving blood, urine, and destroying ceiling fans, doors and more, they had used Facebook to promote their “rager” event.

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