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9 MA Cyberbullies Indicted For Causing Suicide

Posted by Soulskill on from the this-is-why-you-don't-listen-to-the-internet dept.

Raul654 writes "Massachusetts teenager Phoebe Prince committed suicide on January 14. After her death, it was revealed that she had been the target of cyberbullying for months (and that her teachers were aware of it and did nothing). Today, nine of her classmates were indicted on charges including harassment, stalking, civil rights violations, and statutory rape. Prince's suicide echoes the earlier case of Megan Meier, who committed suicide after being cyberbullied by a classmate's mother."

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  1. Re:Your rights OFFLINE! by Jah-Wren+Ryel · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm kind of surprised too, though I wish I wasn't. Sometimes the only way to deal with a shithead is to be the crap out of them

    Holy existential typo batman!

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  2. Re:Cyberbullies? by gandhi_2 · · Score: 5, Funny

    First they came for the sexually-active, but I didn't speak up because I'm a nerd.

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  3. Re:Cyberbullies? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Having sex is a barbaric action?

    if done correctly...yes

  4. Re:Cyberbullies? by ciaohound · · Score: 2, Funny

    Only if it involves a beard.

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  5. Re:Your rights OFFLINE! by JustOK · · Score: 2, Funny

    and so's yer old man.

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  6. Re:Your rights OFFLINE! by mcgrew · · Score: 2, Funny

    HEY! Who let that Vogon in here?

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