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Re: "Cyberbully" Case Overturned
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Originally Posted by drgoodtrips
It appears that the judge tossed out the jury's verdict against the woman who was on trial for being mean to a 13 year old girl on MySpace, ostensibly causing the girl to commit suicide.
Judge Acquits Lori Drew in Cyberbullying Case, Overrules Jury | Threat Level | Wired.com
Given the nature of the charges on which the woman was convicted (essentially that one can be criminally liable for violating the TOS of a website), I'd say that this bodes well for freedom going forward in the online sphere. While the woman's actions are certainly both despicable and pathetic, I think the only question is whether she could be charged with some sort of manslaughter or not. The charges that wound up being levied against her relating to MySpace's TOS are preposterous, reek of desperation for public approval, and set a horrendous precedent (i.e. if you go on eharmony.com and list yourself as "fit" instead of the "average" that you really are (or whatever) you could do jail time).
I'm glad the judge ruled the way he did and that she was not ultimately convicted of "unauthorized computer access". |
I think I have to agree as well. The legal repercussions of convicting the woman could have been horrible. I, like you, don't approve of what she did but I don't know how one could be convicted of murder or something else like that for violating a TOS.
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