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Title: Combating Cyberbullying: Emphasizing Education over Criminalization.
Author : Federal Communications Law Journal
Release Date : January 01, 2010
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 314 KB

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I. INTRODUCTION A new form of cyberbullying, or bullying that takes place on the Internet, (1) emerged in 2006 when Loft Drew used the online social networking tool MySpace to harass Megan Meier, a resident of Dardenne Prairie in suburban St. Louis. (2) Thirteen-year-old Megan's story is unique because Drew was an adult--the mother of another preteen girl. (3) The cyberbullying began when Drew used MySpace to create a fictitious profile for a sixteen-year-old named "Josh Evans" on September 20, 2006. (4) It ended a few weeks later when Megan hanged herself in her closet in response to Josh's suggestion that the world would be a better place without her. (5)