FATHER WANTS TO KEEP KIDS OFF SOCIAL MEDIA, KNOCKS OUT TOWN’S INTERNET

A French dad in the southwestern beach town of Messanges was desperate to block his kids from spending time on social media in the middle of the night, so he bought a jammer to block their connection to the web in his home between the hours of midnight and 3 a.m. It turned out the device blocked not only the internet for his house but for the entire town of 1,000 people, as well as nearby towns. Officials were able to track down the scrambler, which was blocking both Wi-Fi and mobile phone signals. The man now faces up to six months in prison and a 30,000 euro fine (about $34,000).
* Bet those kids are real popular in school now.
* The townspeople told him where he could jam his jammer.
* Would it be so bad for him to slip his kids some sleeping pills at 10 p.m.? I mean, beyond it being totally wrong?
* Doin’ the French Mistake.