Controversy of Myspace Murder

This world has become worse with the poor misjudgement of irresponsible parenting. Its bad enough that we have to worry about the thiefs and rapists out there but now we have to worry about idiotic parents that seem to use computer use has a weapon. Its amazing how with just punching in a few words on the keyboard can lead to death and terror onto another family!

When I had found out about the Myspace murder, I was completely mortified and disgusted in the whole situation. I can't believe the poor judgement Drew had of what she considered a "joke." Because of her careless actions and not taking "terms of service" seriously while being online, an innocent child is dead. She already knew the mental state Megan had and for her to use that to her advantage to inflict harm on her is cruel and inhumane. She isn't any different than the grown men/women that use cyberspace to hook up with underage children to satisfy their sexual desires.

I think the law didn't do enough justice in giving Drew what she deserved. Besides the four counts of criminal charges Drew received, I think she should get murder charges put against her as well. She should take full responsibility for threatening and imposing great harm on Megan. She was the trigger to making the emotionally unstable girl take her own life. It was as if Drew was standing right in front of her and instigating her to commit the ultimate sin against oneself. I think the law should give her a harsher punishment to reflect how serious of a crime this is.

When it comes to Myspace, I think they should monitor more closely on the messaging and subscribers. I, myself have a Myspace account and one thing I do remember was them informing me to not use inappropriate language or content on the internet. Of course I haven't, but I have recieved some inappropriate content in the past and after reporting it, nothing has been done. I think Myspace needs to touch up on their system of security and try to improve on monitoring chats, IM, and also do random screening of personal accounts. They should ask for more personal security information from users and be more in depth of identification to insure that there aren't any false id's or perpatrators online like Drew was. Even though Myspace technically aren't guilty of the murderous crime, I think they're guilty of not making their website a safer place for people like Megan.