Last May 13-year-old Meagan Meier hanged herself after being bullied on MySpace by a fictitious 16 year-old-boy. The boy's account was actually created by classmate of Megan and her mother.
According to a St. Charles County Sheriff's Department report, the mother and her daughter typed, read and monitored Megan's exchanges with "Josh." The mother told deputies she "aimed at gaining Megan's confidence and finding out what Megan felt about her daughter and other people."
Wednesday night, the Dardenne Prairie City Council will vote on a proposed ordinance to make Internet harassment a Class B misdemeanor.
Mayor Pam Forgarty hopes this will spur further legislation at the state and federal level.
Sources:
http://www.ksdk.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=134657
http://www.ksdk.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=134574
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