The Associated Press reports that an Oregon teenager hacked into two female college students’ social networking accounts and then demanded nude photos to unlock the accounts. The unnamed youth may face computer crime and theft by extortion charges. The boy reportedly admitted hacking into the accounts of the two women, both of whom he grew…
Category: Youth & Schools
Parents of dead teen sue for invasion of privacy
The parents of a teenager killed in a tragic accident last October are suing both the Union-Tribune and Sweetwater Union High School District for invasion of privacy. According to Courthouse News, following the teenager’s death, Jose Brosz, Principal of of Otay Ranch High School, allegedly made a statement to a reporter for the paper that…
Lawsuit against Jefferson County Public Schools
On the same day that the U.S. Supreme Court limited the use of strip searches in the public schools, two young women filed an action in Jefferson County Court against a local middle school and several of its employees for using “grossly intrusive” methods to discover an alleged cache of marijuana. They were allegedly forced…
MySpace not liable for sexual assaults
MySpace is immune from liability in cases of sexual assaults stemming from people meeting through the site pursuant to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, the 2nd District Court of Appeals in California ruled on June 30. Four teenage girls and their parents had sued MySpace after the girls were sexually assaulted by men…