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19th November 2008, 08:37 AM
|  | TST Oracle | | Join Date: Jul 2008, 8,171 posts. Location: UK Norfolk ..... Reputation:  | | | US 'cyber-bullying' case begins
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Initial jury selection has begun in the trial of a Missouri woman alleged to have used a fake MySpace profile to bully a girl who later killed herself.
Lori Drew, 49, allegedly posed as a boy on the website to befriend Megan Meier, 13, who hanged herself after the "boy" broke off the virtual relationship.
| BBC NEWS | World | Americas | US 'cyber-bullying' case begins
A landmark case and i hope she is found guilty 
Cyberbullying is on the increase and its not nice to be one the end of an attack Quote: |
Ms Drew is being charged under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act - usually used against computer hackers, as prosecutors were unable to find any existing laws within the state of Missouri under which she could be tried.
| Maybe time for some new laws to be made !!!!!!!!! 
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19th November 2008, 08:46 AM
|  | TST Oracle | | Join Date: Dec 2007, 8,001 posts. Location: Market Haemorrhoids, Middle England Reputation: | | |
Odd - there must be a law about use of false identity or something?
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19th November 2008, 08:50 AM
| | TST Oracle | | Join Date: Jul 2008, 8,171 posts. Location: UK Norfolk ..... Reputation: | | |
Depends what state you are in i suppose
They all seem to have different laws Albert
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19th November 2008, 08:51 AM
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Like no kissing dogs before noon in downtown Michigan on the first Friday in the month. Mmm
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19th November 2008, 08:53 AM
| | TST Oracle | | Join Date: Jul 2008, 8,171 posts. Location: UK Norfolk ..... Reputation: | | |
Internet law is a fairly new concept as well i think ...
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30th November 2008, 11:39 AM
| | TST Oracle | | Join Date: Jul 2008, 8,171 posts. Location: UK Norfolk ..... Reputation: | | Woman cleared of MySpace bullying Quote:
An American woman, accused of driving a teenage girl to suicide by bullying her on MySpace, has been cleared of one of the most serious charges against her.
Lori Drew, 49, was found not guilty of accessing a computer without authorisation to inflict emotional distress.
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__________________ Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, wine in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming...
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1st December 2008, 12:45 AM
|  | TST Expert | | Join Date: Sep 2008, 574 posts. Location: UK Reputation: | | |
bullying in any form is a no no, the fact it's reached the internet isn't surprisng though it is sad
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