I read a news article about a girl who was a victim of cyber bullying. The girl, Megan Meier, had met a boy online who seemed nice and said the two had a lot in common. Megan and the supposed boy, Josh Evens, had talked for a while and Josh had seemed nice, until he started making degrading remarks to Megan and posted things like: "Megan Meiers is ugly and fat!" Megan, who had had problems with depression before, was terribly hurt by these comments and unded up killing herself. Her mother found her young daughter's body in her closet. The family then found out that the supposed Josh Evens was actually a neighborhood friend and parent that created the fake profile to try and find what megan was saying about her daughter.
When I read this article I was shocked. It it sad that a grown woman, especially being a friend of the family, would be so imature as to bully a young girl. Though the woman was at fault, I feel that the situatuion could have been avoided. Megan should not have even started talking to the boy because she had no idea who he was. He may have seemed nice at first, which is probably why Megan continued to talk to him, but you never really know. You have to be careful with what you do or post on the internet and that includes who you talk to. Only talk to people that you really know.
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=3882520&page=1
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