The moral panic over online predators on MySpace was largely overblown, but there was some truth to these concerns. These stories ended up on the nightly news and further stoked people’s fears about who was actually behind MySpace profiles. And one story — the biggest scandal MySpace had faced yet — showed how the use of a fake account could result in circumstances confusing and surreal, and tragic beyond belief.
And it set in motion events that would lead to MySpace’s eventual collapse.
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05/03/23 • 32 min
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Main Accounts: The Story of MySpace - 6. Megan's Story
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This is an i Heeart original content morning. This episode discusses cyber bullying and suicide. I would always say, Meg, relationships online are not real relationships because you truly don't know who the other person is. Right, We can be whoever we want to be. You know. There was a time where Josh put Megan's picture on his profile, like a big picture and said this is my girlfriend. And I looked at it and I was like, whoa Megan? Tell him to ge
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