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Following 13-Year-Old's Suicide, Missouri City Makes Internet Harassment a Crime

Associated Press (FOXNews) - 22 November 2007

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City officials unanimously passed a measure making online harassment a crime, days after learning that a 13-year-old girl killed herself last year after receiving cruel messages on the Internet.  The six-member Board of Aldermen made Internet harassment a misdemeanor, punishable by up to a $500 fine and 90 days in jail.  

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