A US town has passed a local law making cyber-harassment a crime following
the death of a teenager who may have been harassed into suicide by comments made
online.
Megan
Meier was 13 when she began chatting online with someone calling themselves
'Josh'.
'Josh' was in fact the mother of a former friend of Meier's who was angry at
the 13 year-old's treatment of her daughter.
The neighbour kept up the pretence for over a month before insulting Meier,
posting messages about her on various sites and telling her that the world would
be a better place without her. Meier hanged herself the next day.
Meier's home town of
Dardenne
Prairie has now created a law which makes cyber-harassment a misdemeanour
with a maximum penalty of 90 days in jail and/or a $500 fine.
Meanwhile the internet community has turned on the woman who created the
online persona. Bloggers have posted details of her and her husband online, a
brick has been thrown through their window and their house has been hit by
paintball pellets.
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