Sixty minutes. That’s how long it took for a private Snapchat message to travel from Kristen Volpe’s phone to the FBI to the deputies standing in her elementary school hallway. On January 29, 2025, the 22-year-old student teacher at John L. Hensey Elementary in Washington, Illinois, vented to her boyfriend and two roommates — three people total — after a student closed her laptop mid-class and wiped her lesson plan. She referenced shooting the student or the school. She meant it as a frustrated joke. Snapchat’s algorithm didn’t get the humor.
No student reported her. No parent. No coworker. The flag was entirely automated. Snapchat’s policy permits voluntary emergency disclosures to law enforcement — no warrant required — when the platform determines imminent harm exists. The algorithm makes that initial call. Think of it like your Ring doorbell deciding to call 911 on its own, except the doorbell is reading your text messages.
It’s wild that Lemmy is actually defending this. This is straight up “play stupid games, win stupid prizes.”
There are some things you just don’t do. Being a teacher in a country with weekly school shootings and joking about doing it is one of them.
Are you referring to the teacher or yourself?
Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."
Anyone with two brain cells would understand the context. There were no brain cells in here. It was a surveillance state listening in on a private conversation.
People need the ability to snitch when appropriate. People need to be the deciding factor. Not some algorithm watching you at all times.
Maybe just maybe get rid of the 2nd ammendment before you ignore the 4th
Those don’t apply to private businesses