Mom Lets 10-Year-Old Child Drive While She Airs on Facebook Live: Police

MONROE, CT — A Monroe woman was arrested Friday after police say she took a Facebook Live video of her child driving a car on public roads. Lisa Nussbaum, 38, was arrested Friday after police received complaints from citizens who watched the video of a juvenile child driving.

Investigation revealed that Nussbaum was recording the video through Facebook Live. Lt. Stephen Corrone of the Monroe Police Department told Patch that the child was 10 years old.

Facebook Live has become an increasingly popular medium for sharing live stream videos with friends on social media. Live videos will show up higher on a user's newsfeed than videos uploaded to the site normally would, according to a blog post from Facebook.

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The company also adds that people spend over three times more time watching a Facebook Live video than one that's no longer live.

Unlike typical live TV, the live video remains recorded on a person's Facebook profile, enabling users to re-play a video that had been previously broadcast live.

Like most new technological developments, live streaming has produce positive and negative byproducts. It has allowed millions to tune in to watch the birth of a baby giraffe at the New York Zoo.

However, it also has had some ugly moments, including the disturbing video of a 18-year-old Illinois man who's torture was captured on a Facebook Live stream.

Nussbaum was charged with risk of injury/impairing morals of a minor. She was released on a promise to appear and issued a court date of March 10 in Bridgeport Superior Court.

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