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Author: _ Prof. Jonez __ Prof. Jonez _ Date: May 15, 2008 14:16
LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- A federal grand jury indicted a Missouri woman
Thursday for her alleged role in perpetrating a hoax on the online social
network MySpace against a 13-year-old neighbor who committed suicide.
Megan Meier, 13, hanged herself in her bedroom after being targeted in a MySpace
hoax.
Lori Drew of suburban St. Louis is said to have helped create a false-identity
MySpace account to contact Megan Meier, who thought she was chatting with a
16-year-old boy named Josh Evans. Josh didn't exist.
Megan hanged herself at home in October 2006 after receiving cruel messages,
including one stating the world would be better off without her.
Salvador Hernandez, assistant agent in charge of the Los Angeles FBI office,
called the case heart-rending.
"The Internet is a world unto itself. People must know how far they can go
before they must stop. They exploited a young girl's weaknesses," Hernandez
said. "Whether the defendant could have foreseen the results, she's responsible
for her actions."
Drew was charged with one count of conspiracy and three counts of accessing
protected computers without authorization to get information used to inflict
emotional distress on the girl.
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Author: _ Prof. Jonez __ Prof. Jonez _ Date: May 15, 2008 14:17
_ Prof. Jonez _ wrote:
> LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- A federal grand jury indicted a
> Missouri woman Thursday for her alleged role in perpetrating a hoax
> on the online social network MySpace against a 13-year-old neighbor
> who committed suicide.
> Megan Meier, 13, hanged herself in her bedroom after being targeted
> in a MySpace hoax.
>
>
> Lori Drew of suburban St. Louis is said to have helped create a
> false-identity MySpace account to contact Megan Meier, who thought
> she was chatting with a 16-year-old boy named Josh Evans. Josh didn't
> exist.
> Megan hanged herself at home in October 2006 after receiving cruel
> messages, including one stating the world would be better off without
> her.
> Salvador Hernandez, assistant agent in charge of the Los Angeles FBI
> office, called the case heart-rending.
>
> "The Internet is a world unto itself. People must know how far they ...
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Date: May 15, 2008 22:00
murder by proxy.
"_ Prof. Jonez _" wrote:
> LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- A federal grand jury indicted a Missouri woman
> Thursday for her alleged role in perpetrating a hoax on the online social
> network MySpace against a 13-year-old neighbor...
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Author: Reality_Check©Reality_Check© Date: May 15, 2008 23:09
"jerry warner" <"warne(ns)"@ mchsi.com> wrote in message
news:482D14F8.8AC29744@ mchsi.com... > murder by proxy.
Wrong.
>
>> LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- A federal grand jury indicted a Missouri
>> woman
>> Thursday for her alleged role in perpetrating a hoax on the online social
>> network MySpace against a 13-year...
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Author: SethSeth Date: May 16, 2008 10:17
>LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- A federal grand jury indicted a Missouri woman
>Thursday for her alleged role in perpetrating a hoax on the online social
>network MySpace against a 13-year-old neighbor who committed suicide.
>
>Megan Meier, 13, hanged herself in her bedroom after being targeted in a MySpace
>hoax.
. . .
>Drew was charged with one count of conspiracy and three counts of accessing
>protected computers without authorization to get information used to inflict
>emotional distress on the girl.
. . .
>The indictment says MySpace members agree to abide by terms of service that
>include, among other things, not promoting information they know to be false or
>misleading; soliciting personal information from anyone under age 18 and not
>using information gathered from the Web...
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Author: _ Prof. Jonez __ Prof. Jonez _ Date: May 16, 2008 13:51
Seth wrote:
>> LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- A federal grand jury indicted a
>> Missouri woman Thursday for her alleged role in perpetrating a hoax
>> on the online social network MySpace against a 13-year-old neighbor
>> who committed suicide.
>>
>> Megan Meier, 13, hanged herself in her bedroom after being targeted
>> in a MySpace hoax.
> . . .
>> Drew was charged with one count of conspiracy and three counts of
>> accessing protected computers without authorization to get
>> information used to inflict emotional distress on the girl.
> . . .
>> The indictment says MySpace members agree to abide by terms of
>> service that include, among other things, not promoting information
>> they know to be false or misleading; soliciting personal information
>> from anyone under age 18 and not using information gathered from the
>> Web site to "harass, abuse or harm other people."
>
> Too bad the feds won't similarly prosecute spammers who violate terms ...
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Author: richardrichard Date: May 16, 2008 20:08
On Fri, 16 May 2008 17:17:26 +0000 (UTC), sethb@ panix.com (Seth)
wrote:
>>LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- A federal grand jury indicted a Missouri woman
>>Thursday for her alleged role in perpetrating a hoax on the online social
>>network MySpace against a 13-year-old neighbor...
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Author: Reality_Check©Reality_Check© Date: May 16, 2008 21:09
> In article <1vis24hmgv78i84b056novoe0ujd4k937b@ 4ax.com>,
> richard newsguy.com> wrote:
>>> On Fri, 16 May 2008 17:17:26 +0000 (UTC), sethb@ panix.com (Seth)
>> wrote:
>> >>>>LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- A federal grand jury indicted a
>>>>Missouri
>>>>woman
>>>>Thursday for her alleged role in perpetrating a hoax on the online
>>>>social
>>>>network MySpace against a 13-year-old neighbor who committed suicide.
>>>>
>>>>Megan Meier, 13, hanged herself in her bedroom after being targeted in
>>>>a
>>>>MySpace
>>>>hoax.
>>>. . . ...
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Author: SethSeth Date: May 16, 2008 21:13
>Seth wrote:
>>> Drew was charged with one count of conspiracy and three counts of
>>> accessing protected computers without authorization to get
>>> information used to inflict emotional distress on the girl.
>> . . .
>>> The indictment says MySpace members agree to abide by terms of
>>> service that include, among other things, not promoting information
>>> they know to be false or misleading; soliciting personal information
>>> from anyone under age 18 and not using information gathered from the
>>> Web site to "harass, abuse or harm other people."
>>
>> Too bad the feds won't similarly prosecute spammers who violate terms
>> of service.
>
>Or usenet posters who post under pseudonymous names ...
That isn't a violation of the Terms of Service of the computer being
accessed, in general.
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Author: Reality_Check©Reality_Check© Date: May 16, 2008 21:20
"Seth" panix.com> wrote in> _ Prof. Jonez _ jonez.net> wrote:>>Seth wrote:
>
>>>> Drew was charged with one count of conspiracy and three counts of
>>>> accessing protected computers without authorization to get
>>>> information used to inflict emotional distress on the girl.
>>> . . .
>>>> The indictment says MySpace members agree to abide by terms of
>>>> service that include, among other things, not promoting information
>>>> they know to be false or misleading; soliciting personal information
>>>> from anyone under age 18 and not using information gathered from the
>>>> Web site to "harass, abuse or harm other people."
>>>
>>> Too bad the feds won't similarly prosecute spammers who violate terms
>>> of service.
>>
>>Or usenet posters who post under pseudonymous names ...
>
> That isn't a violation of the Terms of Service of the computer being ...
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