Very stupid to post this on Facebook. It happened recently in the UK, resulting in a) people unknown to the 16 yr old female poster & family arriving and b) tragically one party go-er being stabbed to death. Facebook can be so dangerous to one's privacy.

@Andrew, Facebook can be dangerous to your privacy?
This particular story is about a teenager who posted personal info without considering the consequences.
You can't blame facebook for that.

Consequences will never be the same!

Thank you for the invitation to the party.
I am due to arrive from Auckland within 28 hours. I trust the party will still be on.
see you there

As a young person, she was probably so excited about turning 16 that she never realized she needed to make this event private, and kids just want to have a place to party. It's not facebook's fault, just a very unfortunate incident that hopefully others will learn from.

Andrew, Are you serious? Nothing on the internet is more dangerous to anyone's privacy than their own stupidity.

Update: Situation has completely gone out of control of the police. Confirmed are several severely injured people, and a Albert Heijn Supermarket has been looted.

This is what happens if ignorant lowlifes get the idea they can have a night of free anarchy.

This is a perfect opportunity for gun-wielding drug dealers to take over small towns and rape all the under-13 girls they can snatch.

Just you watch.

I'm packing up and leaving.

Facebook nor the girl have anything to do with the - as we know now - tragic events of last evening/night. There will always be people who seize the occasion to fight, damage private/public property and to create chaos. You can't blame FB, you can't blame the media. It's these individuals who deliberately seek confrontation. They are the ones, and the only ones, to blame for what has happened. People have to be held responsible for their choices. These people chose to go to Haren with vicious intentions, let's keep them responsible.

And again the party ended with riots,military police was put into action to get the fighting crowd seperate and the most people where gone aftter midnight. Leaving many broken windows,beer bottels and garbage behind. Now project X made nieuw party posting on facebook for city " gouda" just to let people know it can go well? Anybody join??? NOT from the dutchnews was this posting

A stupid decision made with a powerful tool (facebook, gun, etc) is dangerous..

I agree totally: the problem is between the keyboard and back of the chair, not FaceBook. If you post stuff publicly, then it's your responsibility, not FaceBooks:)

One blames Facebook, the other blames the girl, but who blames the municipality of Haren? Nobody knew about all this until suddenly there was a press release that there will be no party in Haren and this girl mistakenly published her birthday party as public. It was only then that the masses learned about the event in Haren. Then, there was another press release that there will be an alternative party. Naturally, this will cause thousands of people to come to this village, even though a third press release told the alternative party was cancelled, but a fourth told about a gathering at an abandoned soccer field.
Had the municipality made no press release whatsoever, nothing would have happened.

Just because one posts a sign on the door that says "open" doesn't mean they're inviting a herd of buffalos to come in and stampede.
Some people decided to start something of an online marketing campaign for a mass party that was really none of their business; that's illegal organizing of an event, and then some people came looking for trouble.

Anarchy is the only political system that will ever work long term, survival of the fittest is natural law.

Face book? Yeah, a good step towards ending privacy, careful what you post on the net, it might be there forever!!

This is neither Facebook nor the girl at fault. It is the irresponsible and immortal behaviour of those who know they are unwelcome yet continue to cause distress to the community by turning up. Equal criticism goes to those who involved with unwarranted publicity.