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Politicians and the Cyber-Bully Pulpit

Regular Slashdot contributor Bennett Haselton has cyber-bullying on his mind; that and the laws proposed to deal with it. His article begins: "The authors of most of the recently proposed anti-cyberbullying laws have been invoking the tragic case of Megan... ...full story at slashdot

from slashdot on Thu, Feb 21 2008

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