Twitter messages help unravel threatening message at St. Louis school

March 5, 2009
Student at charter school posted threat on Wikipedia page

Internet users sending messages on Twitter helped alert officials at a St. Louis charter school of an apparent death threat on Wikepedia aimed at the school and one of its students. Authorities responded to the Lift For Life Academy, and school officials dismissed classes early on Wednesday. No incidents occurred, and school officials were able to determine that a student had posted the threatening message.


Read The St. Louis Post-Dispatch article.

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