I wrote and article some
time ago about my space and as most of you know I have very strong feelings
bout my space and unsupervised children on the internet.  Strangely I have taken up the torch about
children, children being anyone under 18 years old, and internet usage because
of a handful of boys and girls who have been hurt by predators on the internet.  I  feel
any adult needs to be responsible when dealing with kids on the internet and not
treat them as if they are adults no matter what their behavior because they are
not adults even if they have a keyboard.  Strangely it is the adult industry that has taken up this flame and mine
is just one in a small number of men and women who fight this daily.

You see I put absolutely NO
BLAME on my space and sites like it because it is not their job to police and
protect the worlds children , it is the parents job to do that and there was landmark
decision about a year back where a mother who let her teen use the internet
unsupervised who was then  assaulted by
an adult.  So mummy dearest then tries to
sue my space for, I think it was thirty million.  The judge threw the case out!  I believe his name was Sam Sparks.  Way to go! Why should this woman be rewarded
for neglecting her child?

So this leads me to my blogster article Evil Adults
Evil Parents: Myspace Suicide, and
this was a different kind of predator.  This
was a mother who pretended to be a boy to harass girl her daughter did not like
and as a result the 13 year old girl hung herself.  It was very well thought out, deceitful and
in my opinion evil and at the time there was much talk on my blog on blogster
about how nothing could be done.  Basically bad things happen.  I
could not agree with that then and thanks to the public outcry mostly on the internet
this woman has been indicted! She was charged with one count of conspiracy and
three counts of accessing protected computers without authorization to get
formation used to inflict emotional distress on the girl.  It is not
often people praise our justice system because they can only see the bad things
that are happening and ignore the good.  I
have to say today is a grand day for me.  I am happy with this decision and glad the FBI took over! 

These are perfect examples of why the justice system
is a wonderful thing and why kids need to be supervised and policed by their
parents on the internet.

Read more about he nutcase
mom and her indictment HERE.

Comments:

I remember when you blogged about this before. It is so sad!!Our son got a myspace when he was in high school and about 16 years old but, we monitored his site and what was said ect. You have to I mean they are just kids. Very good post Holly!! Kudos to you!! I do understand why you advocate adult blogs.

A bully is a bully no matter what their age is. I hope they throw the book at the bi+ch.

I thought I had read where the mom was initially doing this to find out what the girl was saying about her daughter. this woman needs to grow up and I am glad she got indicted! I hope she can't sleep, thinking how she caused this young girl to take her own life.

comment by hayduke on May 16, 2008 9:24 AM ()

if she was being harrassed she shoulda blocked the woman...
It's so funny how I like ya so much but we rarely see eye to eye!

reply by kristilyn3 on May 20, 2008 8:31 AM ()

You seriously think the woman is responsible for this girl killing herself???? I do believe the girl set up her own noose.
Then right after that you say...
stop looking for others to blame about things

reply by kristilyn3 on May 20, 2008 7:41 AM ()

I was just reading about this. I at first thought it was silly she was being charged. She didn't hang the girl herself. But then I thought about it more and I guess bullying would apply since she allegedly harassed her online... I dunno... cases like this where someone reacts a certain way to something someone else did kinda make me mad. Personal responsibility anyone? Not lately...
Although the fact that it was an adult messing with a 13 year old is pretty twisted. That women prolly has issues upstairs.