Friday, November 21, 2008
LOS ANGELES — A MySpace executive testified Friday that the social networking site requires users to agree to service terms that prohibit harassment and inappropriate content.
Jae Sung, a vice president of customer care at MySpace, testified at the trial of a woman accused of sending cruel Internet messages to a 13-year-old girl who later committed suicide.
He said the popular site requires users to check a Read the rest of this entry »
Nov
22
Nov
22
A Florida teen who intentionally overdosed streamed his death on the Internet while it occurred Wednesday.
Others watched online as 19-year-old Abraham Biggs Jr. died. The Broward County Medical Examiner's Office told
that he took a deadly mixture of prescription drugs.
Media reports and comments on discussion boards -- including some posts from those who claimed to have witnessed the incident -- vary on whether Biggs actually ingested the drugs Read the rest of this entry »
Nov
14
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Evidence from the suicide of a Missouri girl can be used by prosecutors against a woman charged with helping to create a false Internet identity that was used to harass the teenager, a federal judge ruled Friday.
The ruling came just days before the start of the potentially groundbreaking trial of Lori Drew, 49, of O'Fallon, Mo., who has pleaded not guilty to conspiracy and accessing computers without authorization. Prosecutors Read the rest of this entry »