Adult Cyber Bullying- Should laws protecting children also be applied toward the safety of Adults? Part IV and Final

http://www.crime-research.org/news/19.01.2005/910/


THANK YOU FISHIHEAD for finding this story for me.

Wow, what a story! But is it really all that unfamiliar to us?  No, the sad thing is that it is not.  Not only does this story give a prime example of adult online behavior, it also tells the tale of applicable law(s) regarding same and how hard it was to make an existing law apply to the online crime taking place in that story. 

If this had happened to a child, the story would be different and the culprit would have been immediately dealt with.  BUT this happened to an adult.  NOW do you see why I think that laws should apply across the baord to everyone in cyber land?  AND remember, the person behind the death of MEGAN MEIER was an ADULT!   

I also feel that there should be laws outlawing sexual harassment and prejudices just like in the real world.  I cannot get off the proverbial "soap box" about abuse being abuse not matter where it takes place.  ALL ABUSE on the INTERNET needs addressing. The measure AND MY PREMISE is  IF IT IS INAPPROPRIATE IN REAL LIFE THEN IT IS INAPPROPRIATE ON THE INTERNET AND ONLINE AS WELL.

I also feel the scope of culpablity needs expanding to include HOSTS OF Community Socializing venues.

I think that the coverage of
this topic over the Internet is bringing awareness to others about this
horrible fact of Online Life. Not only is it bringing awareness, I think it is eliciting
a true desire for change in others. Legislators are paying attention and doing
something about it.  But I will not be happy until the HOSTS of such
Venues are held to a culpable and higher standard for providing these
"children and adult playgrounds," as one so aptly put it in
my comment section. 



NO venue or HOST thereof should be let off the hook out of the scope of culpability just because they have a
set of TOS rules that do not get updated nor applicably changed to fit the
atmospheres of the very venues they provide. AND those very same TOS rules do not get applied equitably or equally across the board.  A case in point is 
proven by a recent episode with AOL, I had an event that included posting an address that the poster thought was my address in a public forum as well as a threat to injure me in real life.  Following this event I wrote an email after having made a telephone call to their Community Action
Team wherein I was informed that I am not supported because I am not an AOL
PAYING MEMBER.  AOL did nothing to the MEMBER that was paying them for his AOL and I was left high and dry without any protection because I was a non paying member.  

This is the very reason I left that chat room and will not return until there is some kind of safety and protection for my participation in that chat room. 

Yes we are making strides in combatting cyber abuse but we have a long way to go.  The existing laws, new ones included, are yet to be tested and perfected by being tried at bar.  Only then will we know how well they work. The only way we can test and perfect those laws is if we report cyber crimes no matter how small and petty they may seem.  

One site I came across in my research and via Moonshadow542 (THANK YOU MOON*) of AOL, is one that is linked to the FBI. THIS site is listed below.  I think we need to bombard this site with every compliant of every incident that takes place that falls under the cyber abuse definitions which are clear and precise.  Let the laws be tested in this manner and maybe one day we will have a different cyber atmosphere for all.

Welcome to IC3

The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) is a partnership between the
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the
National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C).

IC3's mission is to serve as a vehicle to receive, develop, and refer criminal
complaints regarding the rapidly expanding arena of cyber crime. The IC3 gives
the victims of cyber crime a convenient and easy-to-use reporting mechanism
that alerts authorities of suspected criminal or civil violations. For law
enforcement and regulatory agencies at the federal, state, local and international level, IC3
provides a central referral mechanism for complaints involving Internet related
crimes.

 http://www.ic3.gov/

 

I honestly believe  that we can make a dent in this new TREND of crime and I have tried to provide as much information about this as I can.  

This concludes my series on this topic and I hope I have helped in some way anyway no matter how small. Together we can make a difference.

 

Again Thank you for reading.... 

 

 

 Part I

Adult Cyber Bullying- Should laws protecting children also be applied toward the safety of Adults...

 

Part II
Adult Cyber Bullying- Should laws protecting children also be applied toward the safety of Adults...
 
Part III 
 
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