Teen Uses MySpace To Threaten School Official

Myspace.com is in the news again, for all the wrong reasons. The online social network faces another blow as a teenager is exposed while using MySpace to threaten a school official. The 14-year-old boy from Chicago is facing felony harassment charges through electronic communications and is being referred to a juvenile court system, while he is still in parental custody.The threat was made at the beginning of the school year but the boy was exposed recently when school officials managed to track him down. As a precaution, schools in the area, have to sign an agreement that evidence of "illegal or inappropriate" behavior posted on the Internet could be grounds for disciplinary action.