Judge overturns MySpace bullying conviction

A US judge has moved to overturn the conviction of a woman accused of cyber-bullying a teenager who later committed suicide. District Judge George Wu has ruled that Lori Drew was not guilty of violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, overturning an earlier jury decision that convicted Drew on three misdemeanour counts of unauthorised access to a computer. The 50 year-old housewife from Missouri was accused of bullying 13 year-old Megan Meier, a former friend of Drew's daughter, through social networking site Myspace. According to prosecutors, Drew created an account for a fictional teenage boy named 'Josh.' The fake account was then used to flirt with Meier. After conducting a brief online relationship with the girl, 'Josh' then ended the relationship and began to taunt Meier, who later took her own life. Shortly after... [read full story]                    

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