Read more cyberbullying stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/13312/cyberbullying.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 6:57:44 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/63425/judge-throws-out-sentence-in-myspace-suicide-case.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Los Angeles federal judge has tentatively thrown out the convictions of a Missouri mother for her role in a MySpace hoax directed at a 13-year-old neighbor girl who ended up committing suicide. US District Judge George Wu acquitted Lori Drew of misdemeanor counts of accessing computers without authorization. Wu...http://www.newser.com/story/63425/judge-throws-out-sentence-in-myspace-suicide-case.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 02 Jul 2009 14:57:11 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58286/feds-seek-3-years-for-cyberbully-in-teens-suicide.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFederal prosecutors are pushing for the maximum 3-year prison sentence for Lori Drew, whose MySpace trickery drove a 13-year-old to kill herself. “Defendant has become the public face of cyberbullying,” prosecutors wrote. “A probationary sentence might embolden others.” But in a presentencing report, probation officers said Drew should serve no...http://www.newser.com/story/58286/feds-seek-3-years-for-cyberbully-in-teens-suicide.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 07 May 2009 8:50:05 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/44863/student-sues-over-facebook-suspension.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith the help of the ACLU, a Florida high school grad is suing a former principal for violating her constitutional rights in suspending her for “cyber-bullying” a teacher, the Miami Herald reports. Katherine Evans created a Facebook page railing against her “worst teacher,” and asked classmates to contribute “feelings of...http://www.newser.com/story/44863/student-sues-over-facebook-suspension.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 09 Dec 2008 15:39:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/43759/myspace-bully-not-guilty-on-key-felony-charge.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA federal jury has rejected felony charges against cyberbully Lori Drew, convicting her instead of accessing a computer without authorization, a misdemeanor, the AP reports. The Missouri mom violated MySpace terms by creating a fake teen-boy profile to harass a neighborhood girl, but was found not guilty of using a...http://www.newser.com/story/43759/myspace-bully-not-guilty-on-key-felony-charge.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 26 Nov 2008 14:13:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/43648/myspace-suicide-case-goes-to-jury.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLori Drew’s fate is in the hands of a California jury as the case of the “MySpace bully” goes into deliberations, Wired reports. After forceful closing arguments yesterday, the jury will decide whether the mother committed computer fraud by creating a false online identity used to bully a neighborhood teen...http://www.newser.com/story/43648/myspace-suicide-case-goes-to-jury.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 25 Nov 2008 13:34:46 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/43167/cyber-sneak-mom-bullied-my-baby-to-suicide.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA mother tearfully recalled in a Los Angeles court yesterday how her 13-year-old daughter hanged herself shortly after receiving a hateful online message from a neighbor woman posing as a teenage boy, AP reports. Lori Drew allegedly created a MySpace persona named Josh to first woo then harass Megan Meier,...http://www.newser.com/story/43167/cyber-sneak-mom-bullied-my-baby-to-suicide.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 20 Nov 2008 3:28:32 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/40933/suicide-prompts-uproar-over-cyber-insults-in-s-korea.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe suicide of a popular actress is prompting South Korean officials to get tough with “cyber-terrorists,” the Los Angeles Times reports. Choi Jin-sil hanged herself this month after Internet rumors blamed her for the death of a fellow actor. “People who inflict cyber-terrorism must pay the appropriate price,” said one...http://www.newser.com/story/40933/suicide-prompts-uproar-over-cyber-insults-in-s-korea.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 26 Oct 2008 14:18:25 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/38306/myspace-hoaxer-drew-bragged-about-deadly-prank.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMissouri mother Lori Drew proudly boasted to her hairdresser and others about her MySpace prank before it led to Megan Meier's suicide, reports the Smoking Gun. Drew “denied any untoward purpose and dismissed concerns over her ‘prank,’” court filings say. But after Meier died, Drew tried covering her tracks,...http://www.newser.com/story/38306/myspace-hoaxer-drew-bragged-about-deadly-prank.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 24 Sep 2008 15:33:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/27661/myspace-bullys-case-sets-risky-course-experts.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA criminal indictment over MySpace bullying that led to a Missouri teen's suicide sets an unusual and perhaps dangerous legal precedent, experts say. Because her activities violated the site’s terms of use, Lori Drew faces charges of computer fraud and abuse related to the death of Megan Meier, Wired reports—...http://www.newser.com/story/27661/myspace-bullys-case-sets-risky-course-experts.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 16 May 2008 14:43:59 CDT