Teens Arrested in Rape Case Tied to Saratoga High Student’s Suicide
Updated: 04/12/2013 12:46:18 PM PDT
SARATOGA — Three 16-year-old boys were arrested Thursday in the sexual battery of an intoxicated and unconscious 15-year-old Saratoga High School student, who killed herself last fall after photos of the assault went viral.
When digital photos showing what had happened “spread like wildfire,” the aftermath was so humiliating and torturous the gifted and well-loved Audrie Pott could no longer take it, said Robert Allard, the attorney for her family.
“Poor Audrie was terrorized by cyberbullying,” Allard said.
She posted on Facebook, calling it the “worst day in her life,” a life she now wanted to end — which she did Sept. 10, eight days after the assault. Read entire article here.
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ACLU Wants To Challenge Cyberbullying Law
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A raft of 
the law may be the first of its kind in the country, and the organization said it will seek plaintiffs for a possible court challenge to change it, contending it threatens to chill students’ free speech rights. The law threatens criminal penalties on students who use a computer with “the intent to intimidate or torment a school employee” by engaging in the same nasty online behavior that already makes it illegal to target a minor. Read Entire Post Here.
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Google Fined $22.5 million over Safari Privacy Issue
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Cyberharassment Convictions: Does the U.K. Have the Right Answer?
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The number of internet trolls convicted in court of bullying online has soared by more than 150 per cent in just four years.
New figures show more than 1,200 people last year were convicted of sending offensive, obscene or threatening electronic messages – up from just 498 in 2007.
After several high profile cases involving celebrities and families grieving for loved ones being targeted on Twitter, Facebook and chatrooms, police have become more willing to use the full force of the law.
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