Re: Guilty Verdict in Cyberbullying Case Provokes Many Questions Over Online Identity - NYTimes.com

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Dossy Shiobara <dossy () panoptic com>
Date: November 28, 2008 9:44:35 AM EST
To: dave () farber net, ip () v2 listbox com
Subject: Re: [IP] Guilty Verdict in Cyberbullying Case Provokes Many  
Questions Over Online Identity - NYTimes.com

David Farber wrote:
> http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/28/us/28internet.html?ref=technology
>
> Guilty Verdict in Cyberbullying Case Provokes Many Questions Over  
> Online
> Identity

This is a case of selective enforcement: Megan Meier also violated
MySpace's terms, which in June 2006 required users to be 14 years of age
or older (she was 13 at the time).

http://www1.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.terms

The prosecutor isn't practicing law here, he's conducting a witch-hunt,
trying to make an example out of Lori Drew.

We've seen this movie before, and we know how it ends: Kevin Mitnick
starred in it.  I cannot believe we're letting this abuse of power
happen twice in our lifetime.

--
Dossy Shiobara              | dossy () panoptic com | http://dossy.org/
Panoptic Computer Network   | http://panoptic.com/
 "He realized the fastest way to change is to laugh at your own
   folly -- then you can let go and quickly move on." (p. 70)




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