Anyone See Dr. Phil???

Dr. Phil had an intriguing, yet tragic show on a couple of weeks ago that exposed the first ammendment right to free speech and the necessity to draw the line somewhere. The mother of a young teen, Megan Myer was on the show. Megan, became friends on MySpace with a teenage boy who befriended her, told her how beautiful she was etc. Now the catch is that the boy was actually her friend's mother, posing as this young boy, who was trying to see if Megan was speaking badly of her daughter (Megan and her daughter were friends at one point). One day, this "boy" who Megan trusted and thought was her friend, turned on her and began saying horrible things about her. Tragically, Megan killed herself because of the devasting things this boy had said about her.
The Mayor, along with a first ammendment lawyer were on the show too. The big issue that was brought up was where to draw the line with this type of online bullying and the identity fraud supposedly committed by the mother of Megan's ex-friend. It was a very interesting episode and it raised a lot of good questions that need to be addressed to prevent future "Megan's" from resorting to a tragic end. Don't worry, I took in the episode with a grain of salt, being that it's a talk show and they tend to exploit people and their problems. However, I do think there is validity into investigating how laws can be instituted and changed to protect innocent people.
My "a-ha" moment came while I was watching the episode and heard the mayor disclose that there are no laws protecting Megan or others in her situation because that would infringe upon the "accused's" constitutional right. Are you kidding me? Why is it that the victims are "victimized" over and over again? Where is their justice? Why does the law, in Canada or the US, protect the accused or guilty at the expense of the victims? No wonder why vigilante justice is appealing to some people! (Not to me, but to some people!!!)
This is not the end of stories like Megan's.Another man was on the show and he was being threatened online while played PS2 or Xbox (forget which one!). Racial slurs and threats of violence against him and his family were being made while he was playing. He contacted Microsoft and they told him that until there were 10 complaints made against that person, nothing could be done. Shameful! So who protects him and his family? I guess an option would be for him to quit playing, but what about his rights?
I could go on....In closing, it was an eye-opening episode that highlighted not only the dangers online, but the reality of the lack of justice for those persecuted online!