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Teen Sues MySpace Over Sexual Assault

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the passing-the-buck dept.

kaufmanmoore writes "A 14-year old is suing myspace for $30 million claiming the site failed to protect her from a 19-year old she met through the site. The suit claims that MySpace doesn't verify a user's identity or age and doesn't do enough to protect users."

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  1. Re:mooches mooches by solarbob · · Score: 5, Interesting

    If she found the same info in the lonley hearts in the newspaper would she sue that paper? Of course not as they would take her to the cleaners by exposing her on the front page (well the british papers would). What about if you met someone in a nighyclub and same thing happened...

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  2. Re:Hang on... by Tim+C · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I think perhaps that "expectation" doesn't mean what you think it means. "Expect" is simply a stronger form of "hope" - you "hope" for something when you'd like it, but you're not convinced it'll happen. You "expect" something when you're pretty certain it'll happen or know that it will.

    Neither hoping for something nor expecting it means that the thing is in any way obliged to happen. That is, in this case, the 19 year old can *expect* the girl to put out after the things he's done, but she is in no way *obliged* to do so.

    Change "expectation" in your post for "obligation" and you're spot on.

    So, calm down, deep breaths, he didn't mean what you thought he meant :) (Unless he is similarly mistaken about what the word means, in which case go ahead, rip him a new one)

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  3. Re:How can they? by ultranova · · Score: 5, Interesting

    A 14-year old sleeping with a 14-year old is extremely regrettable.

    Why ?

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