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DARDENNE PRAIRIE, Mo. (AP) - City officials unanimously passed a measure Wednesday making online harassment a crime, days after learning that a 13-year-old girl killed herself last year after receiving cruel messages on the Internet.
The six-member Board of Aldermen made Internet harassment a misdemeanor, punishable by up to a $500 fine and 90 days in jail. Mayor Pam Fogarty said the city had proposed the measure after learning about Megan Meier’s death. “It is our hope that by supporting one of our own in Dardenne Prairie, we can do our part to ensure this type of harassing behavior never happens again, anywhere,” Fogarty said, adding, “after all, harassment is harassment regardless of the mechanism or tool.”
apnews.myway.com/article/20071122/D8T2HHGG5.html
Some resources I found on cyber bullying
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyber-bullying
stopcyberbullying.org
stopbullyingnow.hrsa.gov/adult/indexAdult.asp?Area=cyberbullying
The six-member Board of Aldermen made Internet harassment a misdemeanor, punishable by up to a $500 fine and 90 days in jail. Mayor Pam Fogarty said the city had proposed the measure after learning about Megan Meier’s death. “It is our hope that by supporting one of our own in Dardenne Prairie, we can do our part to ensure this type of harassing behavior never happens again, anywhere,” Fogarty said, adding, “after all, harassment is harassment regardless of the mechanism or tool.”
apnews.myway.com/article/20071122/D8T2HHGG5.html
Some resources I found on cyber bullying
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyber-bullying
stopcyberbullying.org
stopbullyingnow.hrsa.gov/adult/indexAdult.asp?Area=cyberbullying