Missouri Begins Cyberbullying Prosecutions

Following the 2006 suicide of Megan Meier over a MySpace hoax, Missouri revised the the state’s already existing harassment law to include telephone and electronic communication, effectively outlawing cyberbullying. And now they are starting to prosecute violators of that law. The law has only been in effect for three months, and according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, seven individuals have been charged in cyberbullying cases.’ Nicole Williams, 21, is charged with misdemeanor harassment, accused of sending

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