See now I think people like this need to be nailed to the wall (not actually thought I'm not for capital punishment). Actions they took with the intent to hurt her ended in her death, and there needs to be answers for this. The Mom is the worst in all this with a daughter of her own, I can't believe a grown person would be such a child. They deserve some kind of punishment, I think what ever we can find is good.

It would be an interesting article to see what our politician have done to protect Canadians from harrasment, bullying, intimidation and malliscious intent by others on the internet

I agree with Alex, the mother come across like a very imature and unresponsible person. crushing someones heart online for fun is the same as bullying in my opinon and should be punished.

oh, and for the record I agree with capital punishment in limited forms. the strap is an excellent deterant and brought me back to the real world when I was grossly out of line.

Have you ever read the terms of service on some of these sites?
They can be pretty scary, if you take them all as law.
If by agreeing to a sites TOU you are opening yourself to prosecution, we will have to be very very careful.
There should be consequences, but how far should the law go in enforcing arbitrary agreements like this?

This is a truly reprehensible judgment. While Drew's actions were undeniably mean and puerile, especially considering the age of the girl she was acting against, being a jackass is not, in itself, illegal.

Did she set out with the genuine intention to cause the death of Megan Meier? Unlikely. Did she break into anyone else's account to do it? No. The law used as an excuse to perform what is little more than a mob lynching would result in the imprisonment of more than 90% of internet users. People misrepresent themselves everywhere, for various reasons. The law was not about forcing people to be honest, it was meant to prosecute those who hijack other people's accounts.

As much as we may (correctly) think Drew is slime, it doesn't give us free permission to pervert the justice system to administer arbitrary justice based on our dislike for the woman.

Any code of ethics that one does not hold to when it is not convenient to do so, is not a code of ethics at all.

Badly, badly done LA.