Megan Meier

Megan Meier

Megan Meier is a young 13-year-old suicide victim. She became upset and depressed when a neighbor harassed her on MySpace.

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"Megan Had It Coming" - Lori Drew's New Blog

Yesterday I was angry and sick about the Megan Meier situation.  Today, White Trash Mom is POSTAL. I am postal because of the news I found on Scared Monkeys. News that Lori Drew started her own BLOG.  To tell her side of the story.  Guess what it's called?   Blog is called MEGAN HAD IT COMING. I can only hope this new blog is a hoax.  If this is true, Lori Drew is truly a danger and should be locked up.  If not in prison, then somewhere else.   What do you guys think about this blog... Read Full Story

'L.A. grand jury issues subpoenas in Web suicide case'

'In a novel approach, prosecutors are looking at charging a woman who posed as a boy and sent cruel messages to teen with defrauding MySpace.' A federal grand jury in Los Angeles has issued subpoenas in the suicide death of Megan Meier from Missouri. For those of you living under a rock Megan Meier at the age of 13-committed suicide when a boy she met on MySpace rejected her and demeaned her. Except the MySpace boy wasn’t a boy at all but adult neighbor Lori Drew. Drew wanted to see if Megan... Read Full Story

Aha!

Now I know why so many have been surfing in looking for information regarding the Megan Meier suicide case. I don't watch TV to keep up with this sort of stuff. Apparently, a California grand jury has heard testimony given by"Ashley Grills, 19. She admitted that she was part of a scheme to create a fake persona on MySpace and start an online romance with her 13-year-old neighbor, Megan Meier"according to an exclusive ABC News report. "Grills has testified to a grand jury that Lori Drew, the... Read Full Story

April Fools day fun gag and a cruel hoax

Visit coalition of crime bloggers Thursday, January 10, 2008 This fun item is available for purchase in our Etsy store! Pranks and gags are fun - when done in the right spirit. But this is n ot fun: The LA Times is reporting that the mom Lori Drew who masterminded the cruel hoax against Megan Meier, the Missouri teen who then killed herself is being investigated by a Grand Jury. read the story here 2 Comments... Read Full Story

Around The Blogosphere 17 May 08

Arjanwrites : Antigone is one of the most exciting pop acts to hit the British pop scene in a while. And I am not saying that because I did shots with her at a Darren Hayes after-party to celebrate my birthday in London last year. [ Complete Article ] Miss Info posts a B-more bounce remix of Young MC? Surprisingly, Yes. Ambiome: Narcissique, moi ? Hey Look! It's The Google Street View Van! (PIC) Now, let's get S.E.R.I.O.U.S. - Here's a follow-up to my original post Megan & Josh : A Missouri... Read Full Story

CHARGES REJECTED IN MYSPACE HOAX TRIAL

From:  datzhott.com
an obvious felony without conviction Jurors could not reach a verdict on a conspiracy count By John Charles Reedburg Very shameful. Los Angeles, CA — A jury has convicted a Missouri mother of lesser, misdemeanor crimes in the MySpace cyber-bullying case linked to a 13-year-old girl’s suicide. The Los Angeles federal court jury on Wednesday rejected felony charges of accessing a computer without authorization to inflict emotional distress on young MEGAN MEIER. However, the... Read Full Story

Correct verdict for Myspace hoaxer who triggered a girl's suicide

Here Although she wanted felony convictions, the mother of a girl who killed herself in a MySpace hoax says she hopes the case will serve as a deterrent to cyber-bullies. "This has been a victory," Tina Meier, the 38-year-old mother of Megan Meier, told reporters Wednesday after a jury found her former neighbor, Lori Drew, guilty of three misdemeanors for posing as a 16-year-boy flirting online with Megan. Meier, whose 13-year-old daughter hung herself after the fictional boy... Read Full Story

Criminalizing the Act of Creating a Fake Persona Online...

The days of creating a fake username so that you can surf the Web anonymously may be over. Yesterday saw the conclusion of one of the most prominent legal cases ever dealing with privacy and identity issues on the internet - the Lori Drew case . Basically, Lori Drew was an overprotective mom who established a fake online identity to bully her daughter's rival. She created a MySpace account under the name "Josh Evans" and bullied the 13-year-old Megan Meier so relentlessly that it directly led... Read Full Story

Cyberbullying and Vigilante Justice Online...

When Megan Meier, a 13-year-old girl from Missouri, committed suicide because she was being bullied relentlessly on MySpace, all signs pointed to this being yet another tragic case expressing the typical dangers of online social networks. However, the story then took an unexpected turn when it was discovered that the bullying was done by Lori Drew, who was the mother of one of Megan's classmates, and had created a fake MySpace account under the name of "Josh Evans", also purporting to be 16... Read Full Story

Cyberbullying in MySpace Led to Suicide

From:  mirasblog.com
Internet is very powerful. It is amazing how much information is stored in the internet, you can find out anything with just a click of a finger. Internet is a world unto itself. It can exploit young people's weaknesses. As much usefulness it has to offer, the more danger it also poses. Just like what happened to a 13 year old Megan Meier who committed suicide and hanged herself in October 2006, allegedly after receiving dozen or more cruel messages, including one stating the world would be... Read Full Story
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