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The Jessi Slaughter cyberbullying case revolved around an 11-year-old girl nicknamed "Jessi Slaughter" and "Kerligirl13", whose profanity-laden video postings became a viral hit via Stickam and YouTube. The videos resulted in a campaign of telephone and internet harassment against the girl, especially by members of the 4chan discussion board, which has been characterized by her family and the media as a case of cyberbullying.

Videos

Slaughter created a variety of videos uploaded to YouTube using her webcam. She bragged in them about her popularity, her attractiveness, and her intelligence. They featured a shocking use of profanity, offensive gestures, repeated threats of violence, and a casual discussion of sexual activity with older men coming at her very young age. She told video viewers, "'I'm happy with my life okay? And if you can't, like, realize that and stop hating you know what? I'll pop a glock in your mouth and make a brain slushy." She also angrily responded to comments that her sexual relationships consituted statutory rape due to her young age.

Her mother later said in an interview with the feminist blog MomLogic.com,

Jessica has a webcam and a computer. All of her friends have webcams, too, so they video chat with each other. I knew she'd made a video to apply for "America's Got Talent." She sings and sent an audition video in. I had no idea she was making other videos. I have seen her chatting with her friends, but not making videos.

Aside from making videos, Slaughter allegedly created nude photographs of herself that she released to internet pedophiles. Her mother has said that those images were photoshopped fakes distributed as a form of harassment.Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page). His retaliation made the taunting worse, and the video of his reactions received more views than any of his daughter's previous recordings.

Leonhardt was placed under police protection, and the family's home was placed under police surveillance. She underwent counseling for the harassment but says it has not discouraged her from continuing to post videos to the internet.

Reactions

Jessi Slaughter and her parents were subsequently interviewed on ABC's Good Morning America. The family revealed that, since the videos went viral, they have received harassment ranging from death threats to unfounded accusations of sexual abuse against the girl. After the interview, the television audience was given advice on how to handle online bullying.

In Australia, advocates of internet censorship invoked the harassment to support mandatory internet content filtering. In France, L'Express described the harassment as "ruining the life" of "an American woman in the throes of adolescence."

See also

References

  1. How the Internet Beat Up an 11-Year-Old Girl, Gawker,
  2. Viral Cyberbullying: Who's to Blame for Jessi Slaughter's Online Infamy, ABC News
  3. ^ http://www.urlesque.com/2010/07/19/jessi-slaughter/
  4. "angry, profanity-laced online video rants are drawing widespread attention for their shocking content." http://www.parentdish.com/2010/07/22/jessi-slaughter-online-video-scandal-draw-shock-concern/
  5. ^ 'Jessi Slaughter' YouTube Cyberbully Case: 11-Year-Old Tells GMA She Didn't Want it to Go This Far, CBS News
  6. http://blogs.abcnews.com/nightlinedailyline/2010/07/viral-cyberbullying-whos-to-blame-for-jessi-slaughters-online-infamy.html
  7. http://www.momlogic.com/2010/07/exclusive_interview_mom_defends_11_year_old_youtube_sensation_jessi_slaughter_jessica_leonhardt_dianne_leonhardt.php
  8. Death threat viral star 'to keep making videos', Ninemsn, Australia
  9. ^ Cite error: The named reference GMA was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  10. Jessi Slaughter and the 4chan trolls - the case for censoring the internet, news.com.au
  11. Jessi Slaughter, nouvelle tête de turc du web américain, L'Express, France
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