Monday, March 29, 2010

Cyber-Bullying Victims : Phoebe Prince

Nine teens have been charged after police found a connection between them and the suicide of Phoebe Prince, bullying victim in January 14th. Charges vary between harassment and statuory rape. The announcement was made by District Attorney Elizabeth D. Scheibel.

Phoebe Prince was a 15-year-old student from Ireland, and she was found hanged in her home after weeks of bullying in school and even in her Facebook account.


When I read how Prince was bullied via Facebook, it raised some questions for me. There were always very specific guidelines about how to handle negative posts that were nailed down with the client ahead of time.However, with all of the cybertools pumping information and commentary at teens, the rules are different. How can Facebook monitor the thousands of accounts it has for inappropriate behavior? And what do teens do with negative noise that comes from text messaging?

I hope these people get what they deserve for pushing a person to the limit. The name of these scumbags are Sean Mulveyhill, 17; Kayla Narey, 17; Austin Renaud, 18; Ashley Longe, 16; Flannery Mullins, 16; Sharon Chanon Velazquez, 16.

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