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CentOS, Linux and Operating Systems (Free subscription) | yesterday
Recently a user, Lori Drew, was charged with a felony for the heinous crime of pretending to be someone else on the Internet. Using the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, Lori was charged for signing up for MySpace using a fake name. “The access to MySpace was unauthorized because using a fake name violated the [...]
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The War on Guns (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
Recently Lori Drew was charged with violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act for signing the up for a MySpace account under a fake name. While the larger circumstances were quite shocking (and have been covered enough I don’t think I need to go into them), she was charged for nothing more than pretending to be someone else on the Internet. The indictment calls this a felony, under title 130 section...
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Techdirt (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
Laws passed as an emotional reaction to a tragic situation are almost always bad laws. The state of Missouri has signed into law a bill to make online harassment a felony . This is in response, of course, to the infamous "Lori Drew/Megan Meier" case that has received so much attention. Of course, when you look at the facts of the case, it's not even clear if this law would have mattered. Drew didn't...
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Law.com (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008
Here's an update roundup on some of the stories that we've covered recently: New Missouri Legislation Prohibits Internet Harassment -- Back in May, I posted about the criminal indictment of Lori Drew, the Missouri mom who impersonated a 13-year-old boy...
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Death By 1000 Papercuts (Free subscription) | 06/23/2008
Megan Meier Lori Drew, the infamous Mom next door and alleged villain in the Megan Meier MySpace Suicide story, plead not guilty in a Los Angeles Federal Court on June 17th to charges of conspiracy and accessing computers without authorization. According to the Sydney Morning Herald , Drew plead not guilty in a "proceeding that last only a few minutes". ALSO at DBKP.com: Megan Meier MySpace Suicide,...
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Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 06/20/2008
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES A federal grand jury on Thursday indicted a Missouri woman for her alleged role in perpetrating a hoax on the online social network MySpace against a 13-year-old neighbor who committed suicide. Lori Drew of suburban St.
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Blogger News Network (Free subscription) | 06/18/2008
Dear reader, as I have been following this case for a while now, I knew I needed to speak up once I heard about Lori Drew and her plead of “not guilty” in this My Space case. Is Lori’s behavior shocking? Yes and No. Yes, it is surprising because you would think that a grown woman, [...]
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Jezebel (Free subscription) | 06/17/2008
Lori Drew, the worst person on the internet and the evildoer behind the MySpace hoax that arguably drove 13-year-old Megan Meier to suicide, has plead not guilty to charges of "internet fraud and... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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ZD Net Blog (Free subscription) | 06/17/2008
Lori Drew pled not guilty at her arraignment today, the Times reports, and had no comment, of course, to reporters. The Missouri mom is being tried in federal court in L.A. under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. Bail was set at $20,000 and she was allowed to return home. Background is here and here.
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Information Week (Free subscription) | 06/17/2008
Lori Drew is under federal indictment for using the social networking site illegally to bully suicide victim Megan Meier.
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InformationWeek - All Stories (Free subscription) | 06/17/2008
Lori Drew is under federal indictment for using the social networking site illegally to bully suicide victim Megan Meier.
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WebPro News (Free subscription) | 06/17/2008
A Missouri woman who prosecutors say caused a 13-year-old neighbor girl to commit suicide by harassing her through MySpace pleaded not guilty to federal charges. Lori Drew, who created a phony MySpace profile and posed as a 16-year-old boy to flirt with and then later reject neighbor Megan Meier, entered a not guilty plea to charges of conspiracy of accessing a protected computer to get information....
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Radar (Free subscription) | 06/17/2008
Lori Drew, the Missouri mom whose heinous MySpace prank ended when a 13-year-old girl hanged herself in her closet after being spurned by a fictitious boy who was actually Drew, has pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiracy to inflict emotional
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LAist (Free subscription) | 06/17/2008
Lori Drew appeared in Los Angeles federal court Monday to respond to charges stemming from the "Myspace suicide" hoax. Drew is accused of setting up a fake Myspace profile that is believed to have contributed to the suicide of 13-year-old Megan Meier. According to the New York Times , the Missouri mother pleaded not guilty to charges of internet fraud and conspiracy to inflict emotional distress....
