Dead Teen’s Mother: Misdemeanor Convictions a ‘Stepping Stone’ in Cyberbullying Case
Here is more on the issues Karen presented last week (see Myspace and the First Amendment) on the 1st Amendment right of freedom of expression in regards to social networking.
Her post referred to an article that covered cases regarding school administration and their power in regulating social networking content published by students.
This article came to my mind (it has been in the news off and on for a few years) in respects to cyberbullying vs freedom of expression.
A mother was convicted of unauthorized computer access when she created a fake Myspace account to torment a former friend of her daughter's. The girl in question committed suicide before the mother admitted the profile was fake, and no such person existed.
A felony charge of conspiracy under Computer Fraud and Abuse Act was eventually dropped, and she was charged with the three misdemeanor accounts of unauthorized access. This has caused some public outcry calling her a harsher punishment for such actions.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megan_Meier
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Dan this article just goes to show you that no internet site that doesn't regulate their usage is unsafe for the people on it as well ... it is appauling the stuff people come up with just so that they can be apart of something or so they can hurt someone from their past that has hurt them. If it was in the past why don't they just forget about it now.
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