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Keep in mind that this is a tech she is utterly unfamiliar with, and that the news is trying to frighten her age group about Facebook and "internet videos". She seemed to be trying to warn him of two things. On the one hand, she's worried that the stupid videos he shoots with his friends ( she doesn't trust them ) may be dirty or illegal and land him in jail. Two, she worries that other people will stalk him ( that's the bit about listening on the internet) through Facebook and do him harm. Both these things ( convictions based on illegal video, and stalking ) have happened to other people, and were hyped endlessly in the media.She's got the basic concept of the internet - that it is a conduit to others and from others. She knows that she should be watching to be sure he doesn't do anything foolish. She doesn't know how to talk about the things she is worried about, and he is laughing at her for being afraid. But she isn't crazy, she is afraid of this thing her grandson does, what it could mean, whether the cops will knock on her door because of something he did.She is trying to explain that she loves him and wants him to be safe, but he laughs because he can't understand her fears. She's not crazy, she's just very ignorant about the web, and frightened of what her goofy grandson might do.

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