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A freshman at SUNY Albany is suing four former Long Island high school classmates, their parents and Facebook for $3 million for humiliating her in a password-protected page on the social-networking site. Denise Finkel, who graduated from Oceanside High School last year, filed the lawsuit in State Supreme Court in Manhattan, accusing the former classmates of holding her up to "public hatred, ridicule and disgrace" in a private Facebook forum. Though the nasty comments did not identify Finkel by name, her attorney Mark Altschul insists everyone knew exactly who the bullies were talking about when they gossiped about an unidentified teen who supposedly had AIDS and a penchant for bestiality. Altschul tells Newsday, "She had a very difficult time in high school." If Finkel wins, a class-action lawsuit by everyone who ever attended high school could cost the Internet trillions.
Facebook Bullying Lawsuit Could Net $3 Million
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It's the same media that NEVER mentioned Muslims' hatred of Israel as a possible motive for 9/11.
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dude, can I sue Gothamist and valeriob for his insulting my mother and all the anti-vegan rhetoric from the same haters such as thefacts, theedge, etc? Nah, i am no crybaby, I just play the mega millions tonight.
Yes, sue Gothamist. What a novel idea.
Your mom should have swallowed.
You are my son.
Sorry you had to find out this way.
What's the difference between a lawyer and a hooker?
A hooker stops fucking you when you're dead.
It's kind of sad that a bunch of people would take the time to create a Facebook page specifically for the purpose of making fun of one person.
if she wasn't named, it's gonna be real heard for her lawyer to prove her peers were speaking of her.
Unless she really did have AIDS and a penchant for bestiality...
Unless she actually screwed her dog, of course.
Great minds think alike about sex with animals.
G*d, I hate fat chicks.
Facebook has a terrible response team when it comes to breaches of privacy and account hacks.
Also, the NYPD is incredibly unwilling to pursue any Hate Crime related incidents on Facebook.
A friend of mine has documented proof of their lack of effort. Let me know if you'd like to extend an arm. :)
your facebook picture make Tony Soprano look GQ, what a peasant.
I'd love to see the court give a tremendous slap to the alleged Alpha Girlies. It's not that I care about the Plaintiff but I would mind seeing rich, anorexic [insert inappropriate term here] get knocked down a peg.
Would not mind is what I meant to say. An edit button would be nice.
No names mentioned, no case, right?
You sound a little worried, there.
Yes, god knows I am on Facebook constantly talking smack about 8th graders and their gay beastiality adventures. PHEW.
And the page was Private.
"The defendants—MICHAEL DAUBER, JEFFREY SCHWARTZ, LEAH HERZ and MELINDA DANOWITZ—are, like Finkel, 2008 graduates of Oceanside High School. The suit claims they asserted that Finkel, among other things, participated in bestiality and contracted AIDS."
The defendants sound like over-indulged peanut brains. They couldn't think of better things to do with their time than to bully other students?
And what's with their obsession with bestiality and AID's? Hmmm.
Good. I hope these bullying little shits and their parents are hung up to dry.
Hopefully this trial will begin to put serious measures in place to protect young people from internet hassasment.