MySpace suicide: new law outlaws cyberbullying


	MySpace suicide: new law outlaws cyberbullying

tabsey

7-1-2008 5:19 AM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/c3d90eaa-0fff-445b-a6dd-aee2dd83cc8b/5F9C255E-92D8-4258-9A22-0CCDB77E4B4D/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.theage.com.au/news/web/myspace-suicide-new-law-outlaws-cyberbullying/2008/07/01/1214677994885.html" href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/web/myspace-suicide-new-law-outlaws-cyberbullying/2008/07/01/1214677994885.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.theage.com.au</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.theage.com.au/news/web/myspace-suicide-new-law-outlaws-cyberbullying/2008/07/01/1214677994885.html"><P>Missouri Governor Matt Blunt signed a bill today outlawing
cyberbullying, just kilometres from where a 13-year-old girl
committed suicide nearly two years ago after being harassed on the
Internet.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.theage.com.au/news/web/myspace-suicide-new-law-outlaws-cyberbullying/2008/07/01/1214677994885.html"><P>The bill updates state laws against harassment by removing the
requirement that the communication be written or over the
telephone. Supporters say the bill now covers harassment from
computers, text messages and other electronic devices.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.theage.com.au/news/web/myspace-suicide-new-law-outlaws-cyberbullying/2008/07/01/1214677994885.html"><P>"Social networking sites and technology have opened a new door
for criminals and bullies to prey on their victims, especially
children," Blunt said. "This new law will ensure that we have the
protections and penalties needed to safeguard Missourians from
internet harassment."</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.theage.com.au/news/web/myspace-suicide-new-law-outlaws-cyberbullying/2008/07/01/1214677994885.html"><P>Megan Meier killed herself in October 2006, shortly after
receiving mean-spirited messages over the Internet. Her suicide
prompted the bill.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.theage.com.au/news/web/myspace-suicide-new-law-outlaws-cyberbullying/2008/07/01/1214677994885.html"><P>The teenager's mother, wearing a picture of her daughter in a
pin on her dress, stood over the governor's shoulder as he signed
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