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NEWS ABOUT: harrassment

harrassment stories: 4 news summaries

 Akon Pleads Guilty, 
 Fined for Tossing Fan 

Singer avoids trial for throwing teen off stage in 2007

Dec 17, 08 1:47 PM CST
(Newser) - Singer Akon pleaded guilty today to charges stemming from a 2007 fan-tossing incident, TMZ reports. At a concert last year, the crooner grabbed a teenager and threw him from the stage; his guilty plea for harassment nets him a $350 fine and 65 hours of community service. Akon apologized, and... More »

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music • guilty plea • community service • concert • hip-hop • Akon • fine • harrassment

Student Sues Over Facebook Suspension

Constitutional case
asks if school can limit online expression

Dec 9, 08 3:39 PM CST
(Newser) - With the help of the ACLU, a Florida high school grad is suing a former principal for violating her constitutional rights in suspending her for “cyber-bullying” a teacher, the Miami Herald reports. Katherine Evans created a Facebook page railing against her “worst teacher,” and asked classmates to... More »

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high school • Facebook • ACLU • cyberbullying • freedom of speech • teenager • teacher • harrassment

MySpace Bully Not Guilty on Key Felony Charge

Drew convicted on lesser charges of using computer without authorization

Nov 26, 08 2:13 PM CST
(Newser) - A federal jury has rejected felony charges against cyberbully Lori Drew, convicting her instead of accessing a computer without authorization, a misdemeanor, the AP reports. The Missouri mom violated MySpace terms by creating a fake teen-boy profile to harass a neighborhood girl, but was found not guilty of using a... More »

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MySpace • federal courts • jury • misdemeanor • cyberbullying • Megan Meier • Lori Drew • harrassment

OPINION

Beyond Race? Politics Beyond Sensitive, More Like It

'Perceiving insult' hurts discourse at all levels

Jul 7, 08 1:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - The story of an indicted Indiana student janitor underlines "super-heated capacities for perceiving insult" that color race issues in America—issues playing out in the presidential contest, too, Dorothy Rabinowitz writes in the Wall Street Journal. "Its presence is evident in this election campaign," she writes, "... More »

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Barack Obama • Bill Clinton • Ku Klux Klan • racism • Indiana University • harrassment

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