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Title: Mo. begins prosecuting under cyberbullying law (AP)
Post by: riky on December 20, 2008, 06:02:24 PM
Mo. begins prosecuting under cyberbullying law
    (AP)

 



<p><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081220/capt.72ecce69ea6341bcaf44b710fc53557a.internet_suicide_ny107.jpg?x=104&y=130&q=85&sig=7kiFqNnPAUGXAS8finTEVw--" align="left" height="130" width="104" alt="This portrait provided by Tina Meier shows Megan Meier, 13, who committed suicide in Oct. 2007 after receiving cruel messages on Myspace in St. Charles, Mo. Missouri prosecutors are bringing charges under a revised harassment law spurred by the suicide of a 13-year-old girl following cruel messages on the Internet. (AP Photo/courtesy Tina Meier)" border="0" /> (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081220/ap_on_re_us/internet_suicide)AP - A 21-year-old woman accused of sending a vulgar text message to a 17-year-old girl is one of the first cases brought under a law against cyberbullying spurred by the suicide of a teenage girl following cruel messages on the Internet.</p><br clear="all"/>


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