The article In India, Using Facebook to Catch Scofflaw Drivers,
examines how traffic police in India, started a Facebook page that
citizens use to help find people who violate traffic laws. Residents post photos of drivers on
cellphones, cars in crosswalks, drivers making illegal turns, and improperly
parked vehicles. This Facebook page is
beneficial to the people of India. It
has helped 5,000 traffic officers find drivers who break traffic laws, in a
city with 2 million people.
A dark side to technology is expressed in the article They’re Back, and They’re Bad. In this
article the author reveals that students are anonymously attacking their peers
online with the use of message boards.
These message boards encourage students to trash their peers stirring up
countless emotions that can be harmful to one self or another.
In my opinion these technologies might evolve into something
more visual. For example posting a video
of a traffic violation on a website to help enforce the law might soon become a
reality. Or personally trashing someone
on a website in a visual way, much like face-time, so that all can see who is
saying what, might evolve on message boards.
Who knows what the future will hold?
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