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Originally Posted by Seil
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So how do we defend against things like this now? What laws are going to be put into place?
I mean, now that this is known about, we should have a system in place for this sorta thing... but it reminds me of RaiRO - you need certain things (chatlog/ screenshot) in order to report someone. (>>)
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Well if the parents had taken a more direct watch on the kid's internet activities, this kind of BS could have been avoided, and who lets a 13 year old girl get love letters from someone saying they're 16??
The link didn't even say how the woman was affected to learn she'd caused a suicide, I bet the bitch didn't even fucking CARE that she'd ruined several lives and basically commited at least second degree murder!
This is a case also where MySpace is to blame, they're a popular and powerful internet site, they could EASILY have traced that woman's IP address and learned that nobody even coming close to that description lives there and banned her, but they didn't.
*sighs* I don't get what's wrong with people like that, don't they ever think that they might cause something to horrible by using words like "the world would be better off without you"?!?! ESPECIALLY if they'd done a really good job wooing their target, which seems to be the case.
See, this is why, if I ever have kids, I'm gonna keep a close eye on their internet use. (a VGA splitter so I'm watching on a second monitor would help so they don't feel their privacy is being violated even if it is)
To anybody checking this topic who is a parent and concerned about stuff like this, DO SOMETHING YOU IDIOT, IT'S YOUR KIDS, IT'S THE FUCKING INTERNET, IF ANYTHING HAPPENS TO THEM IT IS BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T KEEP A CLOSE ENOUGH EYE ON THEM AND WEREN'T STRICT ENOUGH WITH THEIR ALLOTED USE OF IT! DO SOMETHING BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE!
That's the solution I feel would be best to defend against assholes like that. Screw making new laws, make new household laws regarding the internet with your kids.