When researching into cyber-bullying I came across this news story about a young girl in Georgia, Alex Boston, who had a fake Facebook page set up of her by her classmates. The page suggested Alex smoked marijuana and spoke a made-up language called 'Retardish' as well as making frequent sexual references and posting a racist video. The creators arse also accused of posting derogatory messages about her.
However, when Alex and her parents reported the page to police and school officials, they told her there was not much they could do because the harassment occurred off campus.
I found this story really interesting as it shows just how little the schools can do about this type of online bullying. Once it is outside the walls of the school it makes it really hard for the children and the parents to do anything in order to stop it, which is why this young girls parents have gone to the length of filing a lawsuit against the offenders.
I was quite surprised to learn how little law is in place to help stop this type of abuse in some parts of the world, especially when fake Facebook pages and stuff are being set up - I'd have automatically assumed that cases like that would've been seen as stolen identity.
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