Editing Text messaging (section)

==== Bullying ====
{{Main|Cyberbullying}}
Spreading rumors and gossip by text message, using text messages to [[bully]] individuals, or forwarding texts that contain defamatory content is an issue of great concern for parents and schools. Text "bullying" of this sort can cause distress and damage reputations. In some cases, individuals who are bullied online have committed suicide. Harding and Rosenberg (2005) argue that the urge to forward text messages can be difficult to resist, describing text messages as "loaded weapons".<ref>Harding, S. & Rosenberg, D. (Ed). (2005). [https://books.google.com/books?id=59U4XLH001YC&pg=PA84 ''Histories of the Future'']. London: Duke University Press, p. 84 {{ISBN|0-8223-3473-9}}</ref>

[[Apple Inc.|Apple]]'s messaging app, [[Messages (Apple)|Messages]], uses Apple's Internet-based messaging service, [[iMessage]], to send messages to other iMessage users, and uses SMS as a fallback when no data connection is present, or when messaging non-iMessage users. It sets the color of messages depending on which technology was used. This has led to instances of iMessage users bullying people without [[iPhone]]s.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Molina |first=Brett |title=Google says Apple's iMessage, and its blue message bubbles, dominate because of bullying |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2022/01/10/google-imessage-iphone-text-messages/9155873002/ |access-date=2023-11-11 |website=USA TODAY |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Higgins |first=Tim |date=2022-01-08 |title=Why Apple's iMessage Is Winning: Teens Dread the Green Text Bubble |language=en-US |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-apples-imessage-is-winning-teens-dread-the-green-text-bubble-11641618009 |access-date=2023-11-11 |issn=0099-9660}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author1=Kimberly Gedeon |date=2022-10-08 |title=Green bubble trouble — how Apple geniously employs dark psychology with iMessage |url=https://www.laptopmag.com/features/green-bubble-trouble |access-date=2023-11-11 |website=LaptopMag |language=en}}</ref>