LAist: Verdict is in for Lori Drew in the 'MySpace Suicide' Case

phdiaz

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 16:51:03 -0800

Is she a horrible human fucking being? Yes? Is it sad that the child was tormented by her? Yes. Could this all been avoided? Hell yes. People are focusing on Lori Drew - but where's the focus on her parent's failure to realize that her daughter was on a website she wasn't supposed to be on. Communicating with a "boyfriend" who could have easily been a child predator. You don't let a 12 year old loose on the internet. It's just asking for trouble - such as this. Now, my main problem with this whole thing is that we're creating laws that seem to punish the assholes in the world, to "protect" our children - but in reality it's a sneaky way to introduce laws that will make it easier to create the tiered internet the cable/phone companies want. Once you have enough laws making it illegal to violate TOS - then it'll make sense for us to start paying for the higher bandwidth/entertainment tier they are so eager to charge us that they cannot charge us now.

field

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 18:18:00 -0800

what a dumb fucking cunt and she's a mom, fucking come on

msmerymac

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 17:29:36 -0800

phdiaz, isn't the point how fucked up it is that an ADULT went to so much trouble to torment a child? It just so happens she picked myspace to do it with. They wanted to find a way to prosecute her so, in Megan's mother's words, justice could be served.

phdiaz

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:43:00 -0800

So if violating TOS is illegal - then that means people like Perveted Justice.com - can be prosecuted because they create fake accounts to entice would be child predators. It should also be noted that the girl who committed suicide INTENTIONALLY illegally accessed myspace - as she was 12 when she created the account, and 13 when she died. Up until Feb 08 - myspace TOS explicitly expressed no one under 14. Funny how that recently changed- isn't it? You can find the TOS that was in effect PRIOR to this case here and the new one begging for more underage kids here I should also point out that many T1 connections in office buildings (the internet connection) contracts explicitly prohibit the use of peer-to-peer networks,video intense sites(youtube&streaming sites) as well as non-business related sites. Non-business related sites aren't detailed but it's obvious that it would be sites like...ohh...laist.com So hey- for those of you who are using a T1 at work - you're violating the law! Doesn't that sound stupid? Are you intentionally violating the law? Well, if you read this and are still reading at work- then yes. You are intentionally violating the TOS and somehow that is illegal? Bullshit - see how ridiculous this is? And all because some kid killed herself. I wonder how she would have acted (or WHO she would've killed) had she had a boyfriend in real life and not some internet boyfriend.

jk77

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:34:07 -0800

karma, lady. it's all about karma...

grendel20

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:26:56 -0800

Slow newsday on LAist, eh?