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Tina Meier, mother of Megan Meier, who committed suicide on October 16, 2007 after being victimized by cyber bullies, now works to teach others about the harmful effect of internet harassment. She has created the Megan Meier foundation, speaks at schools, and is working with stopcyberbullying. org to raise awareness about the issue. She is photographed in her home in O' Fallon, Mo. on Tuesday, May 27, 2008, reflected in the glass framing of a chalk drawing of her daughter that was given to her by her aunt as a Christmas present the year that Megan died.
Tina Meier, mother of Megan Meier, who committed suicide on October 16, 2007 after being victimized by cyber bullies, now works to teach others about the harmful effect of internet harassment. She has created the Megan Meier foundation, speaks at schools, and is working with stopcyberbullying. org to raise awareness about the issue. She is photographed in her home in O' Fallon, Mo. on Tuesday, May 27, 2008 with a chalk drawing of her daughter that was given to her by her aunt as a Christmas present the year that Megan died.
Tina Meier, mother of Megan Meier, who committed suicide on October 16, 2007 after being victimized by cyber bullies, now works to teach others about the harmful effect of internet harassment. She has created the Megan Meier foundation, speaks at schools, and is working with stopcyberbullying. org to raise awareness about the issue. She is photographed in her home in O' Fallon, Mo. on Tuesday, May 27, 2008 with a chalk drawing of her daughter that was given to her by her aunt as a Christmas present the year that Megan died.
Tina Meier, mother of Megan Meier, who committed suicide on October 16, 2007 after being victimized by cyber bullies, now works to teach others about the harmful effect of internet harassment. She has created the Megan Meier foundation, speaks at schools, and is working with stopcyberbullying. org to raise awareness about the issue. She is photographed in her home in O' Fallon, Mo. on Tuesday, May 27, 2008 with a chalk drawing of her daughter that was given to her by her aunt as a Christmas present the year that Megan died.
The subdivision of Megan Meier, a 13-year-old girl who hanged herself last year minutes after receiving mean messages on MySpace, is seen Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2007, in Dardenne Prairie, Mo. Residents of the middle-class subdivision have turned against their neighbor, Lori Drew, and her family, demanding the Drews move out. In interviews, they have warned darkly that someone might be tempted to "take matters into their own hands."
A portrait of Megan Meier, 13, who committed suicide last October after receiving cruel messages on Myspace, Monday, Nov. 19, 2007 in St. Charles, Mo.. Meier hanged herself after receiving mean messages on the Internet social networking site. The 16-year old boy with whom she had been communicating turned out to be a fabrication created by a mother down the street.
This portrait provided by Tina Meier shows Megan Meier, 13, who committed suicide in Oct. 2007 after receiving cruel messages on Myspace in St. Charles, Mo. Missouri prosecutors are bringing charges under a revised harassment law spurred by the suicide of a 13-year-old girl following cruel messages on the Internet.
This portrait provided by Tina Meier shows Megan Meier, 13, who committed suicide last October after receiving cruel messages on Myspace in St. Charles, Mo. A Missouri mother, Lori Drew, on trial in a landmark cyberbullying case was convicted Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2008 of three minor offenses instead of the main conspiracy charge in a cruel Internet hoax that apparently drove Megan Meier to suicide.
This handout shows self portrait shows Megan Meier, 13, who committed suicide last October after receiving cruel messages on MySpace, Monday, Nov. 19, 2007 in St. Charles, Mo. Meier hanged herself after receiving mean messages on the Internet social networking site. The 16-year old boy with whom she had been communicating turned out to be a fabrication created by a mother down the street.
In this Monday, Nov. 19, 2007 file photo, Tina Meier holds two pictures of her daughter Megan who committed suicide last October after receiving cruel messages on MySpace, in St. Charles, Mo. A federal grand jury in Los Angeles on Thursday, May 15, 2008, indicted a Missouri woman, Lori Drew of suburban St. Louis for her alleged role in perpetrating a hoax on the online social network MySpace against Megan Meier.
In this Monday, Nov. 19, 2007 file photo, Tina Meier holds two pictures of her daughter Megan who committed suicide last October after receiving cruel messages on MySpace, in St. Charles, Mo. A federal grand jury in Los Angeles on Thursday, May 15, 2008, indicted a Missouri woman, Lori Drew of suburban St. Louis for her alleged role in perpetrating a hoax on the online social network MySpace against Megan Meier.
Tina Meier, 37, holds two pictures of her daughter Megan who committed suicide last October after receiving cruel messages on MySpace, Monday, Nov. 19, 2007, in St. Charles, Mo. Megan Meier, 13, hanged herself after receiving mean messages on the Internet social networking site. The 16-year old boy with whom she had been communicating turned out to be a fabrication created by a mother down the street.
News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch, who owns the social networking Web site MySpace, speaks at the company's Global Energy Initiative in this May 9, 2007, file photo. The parents of Megan Meier, a Missouri teen who committed suicide, hope the people who made a fraudulent profile on MySpace will be prosecuted, and they are seeking legal changes to safeguard children on the Internet.