>> 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
> of service.
>
> Seth