The story of the young girl who committed suicide because of a failed internet romance is sad but the thing that is sadder is the fact that the women who created the hoax feeling no remorse for what she had done. I’m pretty sure she never intended on making the girl kill herself but she did a pretty good job of taking a girl who she knew was unstable and dragging her through the mud.
Megan trusted “Josh” which is what his creator said she want so she could get to know Megan but she took it a step further and started to create a romance. After getting Megan to believe they had something she took that and made a mockery of Megan by starting to post mean things about her calling Megan names and dragging her name through the mud where everybody could she. Megan in her unstable state got really depressed and took her life.
I think the lady responsible should be prosecuted for harassment because she knew what she was doing and she knew who she was doing it to. She started by making a false identity for herself presenting herself as somebody she wasn’t to get closer to Megan, this is no different than a sexual predator. Now she didn’t go to the extremes that a sexual predator does but she did betray Megan’s trust just the same.
“Ethical issues involving Internet and computer technology also have prompted people to consider ethical issues such as privacy and free speech on the internet” (Essentials of Business Law, Anthony L. Liuzzo, pg 19) “An individual’s values are significantly influenced by those held by the group to which he or she belongs” (Essentials of Business Law, Anthony L. Liuzzo, pg 19)
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