Lori Drew not guilty of felony computer hacking (2)
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Today, a Los Angeles jury acquitted [Lori Drew] of three felony computer hacking charges. She was convicted of three misdemeanor counts for accessing a computer without authorization. The 49-year-old Missouri resident posed as a teenage boy on MySpace and harassed her daughter’s estranged friend [Megan Meier], who then committed suicide. The case came to our attention in May because of it’s unorthodox use of the federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. Prosecutors charged that by ...
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Tony Buser said:
What she did was horrible, but it was just harassment, not computer fraud for christ sake.
Justice at last? (1)
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Lori Drew has been found not guilty on felony charges. However, she was found guilty on three misdemeanor counts. (Previously: 1, 2)
Black Men and Suicide: The Stigma of Seeking Help (1)
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After a shocking online suicide, an expert says that fear of being stigmatized keeps young black men from getting the mental health help they need.
Police Ask: Could Justin.TV Have Prevented the Suicide? (13)
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Recently, 19-year old Abraham Biggs Jr. committed suicide in front of a live audience on the popular web video streaming service Justin.tv. The event has caused public outrage, both at how something like this could happen at all, as well as the reaction of the viewers, many of which did nothing or even encouraged Biggs in his actions. But, as always in an event such as this one, there’s also the question of whether Justin.TV ...
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Ricardo.Borelli said:
É isso então, agora vão precisar contratar macacos pra ficar de olho em TODOS os vídeos do site para garantir que ninguém está fazendo merda?
Support TWLOHA on National Survivors of Suicide Day (1)
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To Write Love on Her Arms is no doubt one of our most popular causes, the organization devoted to giving hope to teenage sufferers of depression has an almost 50,000 supporters on SocialVibe. Today, TWLOHA honors the 10th Annual National Survivors of Suicide Day. They posted a blog on their MySpace today with some information about this national day of remembrance and observance: "Today is for everyone who's lost someone to suicide. It is a ...
Un million de suicides par an (1)
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Brève: L'OMS estime qu'un million de personnes meurent chaque année par suicide.Cela équivaut à un taux annuel de 14,5 suicides pour 100.000 habitants.Les pays de l'Est-européen ont les taux de suicide les plus élevés, à 45 par 100.000 habitants.On constate des taux de suicide moins importants en Europe méditerranéenne, dans les pays majoritairement catholiques d'Amérique du Sud et d'Asie, et dans les pays musulmans (comme le Pakistan).Veni, vedi, jecri
Justin.TV - Location For Streamed Suicide (1)
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I’ve always wondered if this event has happened before and if not, when it would occur. Looks like both of those questions have been answered. News has come out today via ABC News that a 19 year old Florida teen live streamed his suicide on Justin.TV. The teen had been reportedly discussing his suicide before actually going through with it. Those who were watching the stream noticed the teen didn’t appear to be breathing but ...
19-Year-Old Lifecaster Commits Suicide on Justin.TV. (4)
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19-Year-Old Commits Suicide on Justin.TV. [previously.]
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db said:
ugh...I hate stories like this where the audience is egging the person on. What is wrong with people??
Suicide by webcam [Deathcasting] (14)
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Lifecasting, a kind of do-it-yourself reality TV broadcast on the Internet, has thousands of practitioners. Until last night, one of them was Abraham Biggs, a 19-year-old Florida resident, who used a webcam to broadcast his death, too. Wednesday night, after he posted a suicide note on the Web, he overdosed on pills on camera as users of Justin.tv, a lifecasting site, watched. Some posted comments egging Biggs on. When he took the pills and stopped ...
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Joey Gibson said:
This is sad in so many ways.
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Blackmail Is My Life said:
Definitive proof: lulz kills.
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Jarred said:
Jesus...
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GingerSnapsTN said:
This is yet another example of why we must be mindful of how we treat each other both online and off. So incredibly sad.
Life and death on camera [Deathcasting] (7)
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Lifecasting, a kind of do-it-yourself reality TV broadcast on the Internet, has thousands of practitioners. Until last night, one of them was Abraham Biggs, a 19-year-old Florida resident, who used a webcam to broadcast his life. And his death, too. Wednesday night, after he posted a suicide note on the Web, he overdosed on pills on camera as users of Justin.tv, a lifecasting site, watched. Some posted comments egging Biggs on. When he took the ...
TicketStumbler.com Founder Puts Foot in Mouth (2)
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After the awful news of the suicide live on streaming site Justin.tv yesterday, there has obviously been much discussion across the web. Tom Davis, Founder of YCombinator startup TicketStumbler, took it upon himself to post what can only be called a highly inappropriate joke on YCombinator’s Hacker News site. It started with this message (I have intentionally not re-posted here) which immediately caused large scale condemnation from other members of the site. For those of ...
The Predictable (And Tragic) Evolution of New Media (2)
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Some news today on the tragic suicide of a young man captured on Justin.tv — Justin.tv being a tad different than, say, YouTube, as its one of those video services which streams content live. That is to say, he committed suicide on “live” internet-streaming video. The loss of a young life is always regrettable. I think the real bit of news is merely that it may have been the first time it was captured in ...
19 Yr. Old Commits Suicide Live on Justin.tv with watchers (72)
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[Editor’s warning: many of the links in this story lead back to the original sources of the drama, and viewing them might be disturbing for some readers. Please be advised.] In a tragic story from NewTeeVee, we learn that a 19-year-old user of the online live-streaming video service Justin.TV has apparently commit suicide in front of an audience of fellow forum dwellers egging him on during the process. The death has been confirmed with the ...
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Brad Barrish said:
This is really fucking awful. Geez. Very sad.
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brian said:
Jesus ,what is the world coming to?
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Rob said:
sad and sick.
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Ricardo.Borelli said:
Tá aí mais um motivo para fundamentalistas religiosos chamarem a internet de coisa do demonio :D
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Gavin said:
This is so sad. Kind of the worst of the internet. So connected to people and yet so removed at the same time.
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ScorpFromHell said:
The perils of removing the face-to-face factor?
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Sean Brady said:
Not even sure what to think of this. Sad to be sure.
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Tsudohnimh said:
I hesitate to share this tragic story but we should take all of these things seriously.
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vanlandw said:
wtf
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Roger Penguino said:
Terribly sad and disheartening, raises lots of questions on how to control live footage and how to better inform users of internet perils.
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Mark said:
This is profoundly disturbing.
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ChangeForge said:
This is indeed a sad statement of affairs when this happens and we are so disconnected from others' lives we simply believe it to be a television show - with no basis in reality. Apathy is the worst form of existence.
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Hriday said:
Suicide 2.0 huh? Fellow forum dwellers encouraged him, phew!
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Mark said:
Such a shame.
Shame: What American Business Needs Is More Shame (2)
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In Japan, CEOs take shame seriously. They're expected to work late, dedicate their entire lives to the good of a company, and try to ensure that they don't work their employees to the point of suicide. And when Japanese CEOs make mistakes, they're expected to make a big show of tearily flogging themselves in public (figuratively). But here in America? CEOs get to screw up as bad as they want and walk away with millions, ...
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As you’ll recall Parts 1 and 2 from the past, here is Part 3 of my answers to The Controversial Survey. 11. A twelv e year old girl has a baby, shoul d she keep it? This is kind of a silly question. I mean, who would give a 12-year-old girl a baby? Talk about a spoiled kid. My 9-year-old cousin, he’s always asking for candy and toys and everything else whenever I’m watching him. ...
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Age: 28 Hometown: Valencia Where do you now live?: In Valencia, but I try to travel as much as possible. Where would you most like to live?: I really like a lot of cities. Every city has its great things, and I would like to live in many cities. In fact, it´s what I try to do. A bit in Valencia, a bit in London, a bit in Mexico D.F, a bit in Palermo.... Who ...
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Here's a story nobody likes to see. 19-year-old Abraham K. Biggs overdosed on pills on a live webcam stream before hundreds of people on Wednesday night, all while commenters on Justin.tv and bodybuilding.com encouraged him, apparently thinking it was some kind of joke. He lay passed out on his webcam for hours until he appeared to stop breathing, at which point the people watching realized it was no joke. Sadly, this isn't the first time ...Shared by BenJamin (0) Brownspank (0) Christopher (0) Drew (0) Gwenny (1) James (1) John Plantada (0) Joseph Matthew McCullough (4) kevinwong (4) Matthew (13) MCE (0) meta (4) Mystwillow (11) Petre (0) rOckY (7) Ryan (0) Serginho (1) streetforce1 (3) WindPower (0)NewTeeVee (10) permalink
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