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.
>. . .
>>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
Precisely. That's why this story sounds like a true hoax.
If it were real, how come it ain't made the front page of every
newspaper in the country, let alone air time on every news channel? |