Yeah. I'm also a little wary of the these headlines until the content of the messages comes out because I remember my teenage years on things like IRC and no one knew how old anyone else was.

Whenever someone says "texted a minor," I wonder if it's grooming or a direct message like "ops are on the warpath tonight. watch out," or just shit said in a channel with hundreds of people because it's still technically texting. Given the context of this one, there's less benefit of the doubt because pattern recognition exists, but I trust Internet rumor mongers only slightly more than the mainstream media.

Yeah. I'm also a little wary of the these headlines until the content of the messages comes out because I remember my teenage years on things like IRC and no one knew how old anyone else was.

Whenever someone says "texted a minor," I wonder if it's grooming or a direct message like "ops are on the warpath tonight. watch out." Given the context of this one, there's less benefit of the doubt because pattern recognition exists, but still.

Yeah. I'm also a little wary of the these headlines until the content of the messages comes out because I remember my teenage years on things like IRC and no one knew how old anyone else was.

Whenever someone says "texted a minor," I wonder if it's grooming or "ops are on the warpath tonight. watch out." Given the context of this one, there's less benefit of the doubt because pattern recognition exists, but still.