WASTE OF SPACE

Deadly MySpace hoax
An American mother was indicted today in connection with a MySpace hoax that ended with a 13-year-old girl committing suicide after being spurned by a fictitious boy. A federal grand jury in Los Angeles indicted Lori Drew, 49, on criminal charges of conspiracy and accessing MySpace computers "without authorisation to inflict emotional distress on the girl".
Drew was among several adults who pretended to be a 16-year-old boy named "Josh" on MySpace, according to prosecutors.
The girl met "Josh" in the online community after she opened her MySpace account in 2006. "Within days Josh was telling her she was sexy," O'Brien said. "The flirting continued for three weeks."
Josh broke off the virtual relationship and sent the girl a message saying the world would be better off without her, according to prosecutors. Within an hour of receiving the message the girl hanged herself in her bedroom. --AAP