Is Apple guilty? Arden Dier posted an article in the NEWSER on December 29, 2016, entitled “Parents Sue, Blame FaceTime for Death of Daughter.” The article describes the tragic death of a 5-year-old girl who died as a result of a car slamming into the back of the vehicle the girl was riding in. According to Dier’s report, the driver of the offending vehicle was a twenty-two year old whose FaceTime app was still active when police arrived at the crash scene. He is now facing a manslaughter charge. The parents of the girl who died are suing Apple for failure to activate a FaceTime design that could have prevented it from operating while driving.
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