Jury Overruled! MySpace Mom Acquitted of All Charges

My MySpace profile lists my age as 90. I did this at some point in 2005 to avoid the amount of messages I was receiving from men using the site to find prospective dates. This is my choice, and one that worked very well for me, even if I was, in fact, in direct violation of MySpace's terms of service, which state that all users must submit “truthful and accurate” information about themselves. Imagine a world where a site's terms of service were enforceable by law. A world where my convenient lie about my age amounted to “unauthorized access” of MySpace servers under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act—which was created in 1986 to deal with computer hackers. Under this act, the infraction could make me a felon. It almost happened. The case that would have set the precedent was that of United States v. Lori Drew , otherwise known... [read full story]                    

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