Teen's tweets from her smart fridge go viral after mother confiscates phone

Fifteen-year-old resorts to drastic measures after action taken ‘so I’d pay more attention to my surroundings’

Kari Paul in San Francisco
Tue 13 Aug 2019 23.48 BST Last modified on Wed 14 Aug 2019 15.29 BST

A resourceful teenager has taken the rise of increasingly powerful smart home devices to its logical conclusion – tweeting from her family’s smart fridge after her mother confiscated her phone.

The 15-year-old Ariana Grande fan known only as “Dorothy” was barred from using her phone but managed to find a number of innovative ways to reach her thousands of followers – a handheld Nintendo device, a Wii U gaming console and, finally, her family’s LG Smart Refrigerator.

dorothy 🏹
@thankunext327

I do not know if this is going to tweet I am talking to my fridge what the heck my Mom confiscated all of my electronics again.

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12:43 PM - Aug 8, 2019

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Dorothy, who declined to share her last name, says her mother disciplined her two weeks ago after she got too distracted while cooking and caused a fire.

“She took all my tech so I’d pay more attention to my surroundings,” said the teen, who messaged the Guardian from her cousin’s iPad because she was still facing a tech ban. “I felt mortified! I was worried because I’ve been bored all summer and Twitter passes the time for me.”

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