Viral Cyberbullying: Who’s to Blame for Jessi Slaughter’s Online Infamy
EmailA young girl who goes by the
screenname Jessi Slaughter has become part of the Internet zeitgeist through
a series of viral videos in which she lashes out against bullies.
The videos were originally
created and posted, according to Jessi, as a response to online bullies who
called her names and accused the 11-year-old girl of being raped by a friend.
In them she uses profane language and gestures and makes violent threats
against her so-called online "haters."
These videos, which subsequently went viral with the aid of malicious message boards like 4chan, lead to a new flood of taunts and threats against Jessi and her
family. In one video, the girl has a “virtual meltdown” appearing
increasingly enraged and emotionally distraught — her father even joins in an
attempt to end the tormenting, promising “consequences” for those who
continue to harass his daughter.
The
viral videos have lead to hundreds of parodies, response videos, and even
merchandise like t-shirts and mugs quoting the girl and her father. Jokes
aside, Jessi’s parents claim the family receives dozens of threatening calls
and e-mails everyday and Florida police have began an investigation into
whether this is a case of cyberstalking or cyberbullying.
So tonight we ask, who do you
think is responsible for the negative attention being thrust upon the 11-year-old?
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For the 5 minutes that her parents weren’t in her room, she made a video cursing and saying crude things that no 11 year old should even know about. Her parents’ only mistake was trusting her.
Posted by: Allison | July 23, 2010, 12:11 am 12:11 am
its her parents and everyone knows it this girl needs to be banned from the internet forever and her parents need to be taking a parenting class, christ lip piercings at age 11 what is wrong with them i think they where the ones that “dun goofed up”
Posted by: Annon | July 23, 2010, 12:15 am 12:15 am
consequences will never be the same
Posted by: ace | July 23, 2010, 12:15 am 12:15 am
her parents dun goof’d.
Posted by: Steve | July 23, 2010, 12:19 am 12:19 am
Ebaums, you dun goofed and got backtraced.
Posted by: Mike Hunt | July 23, 2010, 12:19 am 12:19 am
Tabitha dun goof’d.
Posted by: Steve | July 23, 2010, 12:27 am 12:27 am
The news makes it like shes a victim, did they not see that this little girl, stated that she will put a gun in there mouth and make brain slushly, what kind of 11 year old girl says that. im glad the interview said shes in therapy, she needs it and not because of the threats.
this girl needs to be locked away with the same people who insulted her back, she bullied people, and when people stood up to her, she got knocked… now she is scared bc she flapped, and the class of a 11 year old girl to say what she said – thats all on her parents. good job mr and ms slaughter… you just raised a winner.
Posted by: late20guyny | July 23, 2010, 12:30 am 12:30 am
It’s begun, not began
Posted by: No1 | July 23, 2010, 12:51 am 12:51 am
How could they apply cyberbullying laws to this case? If it were just one or two people from her local school harrassing her, it’d be easy to prosecute, but, since she’s the target of an online bullying campaign, it’s likely that Over 9000 Anonymous’es are involved.
Posted by: Pedro Bear | July 23, 2010, 12:51 am 12:51 am
Her parents dun goof’d and so did she… the consequences will never be the same.
Posted by: anon | July 23, 2010, 12:58 am 12:58 am
“…Jessi’s parents claim the family receives dozens of threatening calls and e-mails everyday…”
Or every day, as it is…
Posted by: metimoteo | July 23, 2010, 1:03 am 1:03 am
Obviously they’re both responsible.
Jessi, because of her arrogant attitude and speaking about things no eleven year old should even know about.
Her parents, for supplying her with the computer and webcam and not monitoring its uses.
I think it’s ridiculous that the mother still hasn’t watched the videos. Leaves me to wonder if she really hasn’t or if she has and doesn’t have anything to say to defend her daughter.
Posted by: Anonnn. | July 23, 2010, 1:09 am 1:09 am
Allison wrote a response saying that no eleven year old child should even know these words. Now i agree that what this girl did was not appropriate but seriously? In all schools you can hear cussing and words like this. It is horrible really but don’t be surprised that she is saying them.
Posted by: kh256 | July 23, 2010, 1:26 am 1:26 am
Look, anything you put on the internet is fair game and it will be around forever! The parents consented their daughter to be online. They shouldn’t have done so if their daughter couldn’t handle the river negativity that flows from others on the internet! Cyber-bullying is a joke. It was created as a way to prosecute people who “say mean things” on the internet. If you don’t like it leave , it is not like school or work, where you have to be there! Lastly, if you don’t like the phone calls or Emails, Change them!
Posted by: whisper | July 23, 2010, 1:27 am 1:27 am
It’s her fault, completely. She went up against the internet, and got beaten down. Who’s suprised? The adults. So no, it’s her parents fault, the adult’s trying to “fix everything” and giving it coverage- their fault. The moment her parents saw what was going on they should have taken all that away from her and grounded her for a year. She’s an 11-year-old idiot who got in over her head and picked a fight she couldn’t win. Anonymous can’t be beaten.
Posted by: Neff | July 23, 2010, 1:41 am 1:41 am
OK so to all the people saying this girl is being harassed has obviously not been looking at her videos. she is a rude and vulgar little girl.i don’t know who to blame more her or her parents for allowing her to post these things. and for her father to come on and act the way he did just shows that she is not giving the hole story.what needs to happen is they need to start by taking away her computer then finding a way to teach her some manners because there is no reason why a 11 year old girl should even be thinking of the things coming out of her mouth i would be ashamed to be fighting for her
Posted by: mrs.t | July 23, 2010, 2:01 am 2:01 am
The GMA newspiece was severly skewed towards sympathy for “poor Jessi”, yet failed to mention anything more that the “brain slushie” comment and that she was profane.
What about the fact that her parents never use the computer? Or monitor her using the webcam and internet?
An 11 year old doesn’t deserve to be bullied, but an 11 year old shouldn’t be acting/talking like that in the first place. I think that the judge who ordered her off the internet for 3 days should have extended that moratorium and used it like probation. An incentive to get through counseling and change her life. Her attitude about going back to doing what she was doing before, and her parents’ complete support of that is unbelievable.
Yes, the 1st ammendment allows you to say whatever you like, but don’t be surprised if someone pops you in the nose in retaliation.
Posted by: Natalie H. | July 23, 2010, 2:22 am 2:22 am
How dumb can you be anyways, if your going to make a hate video for 1000′s to see, most of them wont agree and backlash at her. And everyone is like shes only 11, well she seemed to be mature enough to be posting such vids, and there was consequences.
Posted by: James | July 23, 2010, 2:22 am 2:22 am
none of the news seems to be saying anything about her putting up pictures of her self “stripping” or any of the big things that cause everyone to lash out at her
Posted by: brenden | July 23, 2010, 2:29 am 2:29 am
Im not sure if I should post because I dont want to be backtraced by the cyberpolice.
Posted by: PIOTRISH | July 23, 2010, 3:31 am 3:31 am
As if the police can gun down the internet. Really, an eleven-year old should know better than to fight against the abundant anons that lurk the internet.
Scary people roam scary places. It’s common sense, parents.
Not the first time a kid picked a fight with 4chan (and lost).
Posted by: Ziocho | July 23, 2010, 3:33 am 3:33 am
It is a moot point to argue that ones’ age, in this case, should deem one not responsible for of ones’ actions. It matters not that she is 11; unless you’re considering the fact she was using YouTube outside of their 13 y/o age limit.
The Internet is what it is. I wouldn’t be quick to judge her for her actions; but rather her parents, in this case. I don’t consider myself on the side of those that blame the parents for everything, but I do see a stretch of bad parenting as of late. Parenting involves commitment; even if it is as simple as supervising a child’s Internet time. One should also consider the time that a child spends on the Internet, and it might not be a bad idea to leave the webcam off of the Christmas list.
The one major flaw in ‘cyber-bullying’, is that you can always turn the computer off. In using the Internet, one should be aware of the good and bad. I’m in favor of any service online, though some (like social-networking) raises great personal risk.
People shouldn’t be so eager to upload half-naked pictures of themselves, OR broadcast strip shows, OR profane threats to hundreds, OR upload personal information (including, but not exclusive to, your phone number, your schedule,.. etc) to the public (no matter their age!).
People should be made aware that even private services suffer from hundreds of design flaws allowing hackers to easily gain access to such personal data (where it can then be shared, used or exploited). When the responsibility of using such services is made properly aware to users (not just an EULA, or similar, that can be skipped/ignored, and that, more often then not, doesn’t contain anything information of value to the user’s risks), I don’t think you’d have as many of these situations.
Of course, as my final point, you should probably consider what will happen now that this had been made more public (thank the media: ABC News, etc).. It’s just going to incite more fires and breed more copycats. I don’t believe this situation can be manipulated like standard police work (where they hope to draw out those who are guilty). It’ll favor more to the side of terrorism (where it will make those guilty more powerful).
In the end: if you don’t like it.. do what I’m about to do for the night.. push your power button! Good night America!
Posted by: b/ro support | July 23, 2010, 3:38 am 3:38 am
People may say that you shouldnt bully an innocent child, but sadly, this girl lost her innocence a long time ago it seems, when the parents indulged her every whim, and spoiled her to this sorry state. What kind of stupid parents let their 11 year old get snake piercings and wear that much makeup? Yeah, I think death threats and rape threats are wrong, but this kid brought it on herself, her parents are to blame for not monitoring her, and making sure she was SAFE on the internet! FOOLS.
Posted by: MJ | July 23, 2010, 4:43 am 4:43 am
Never forgive
Never forget
you dun goof’d
Posted by: BillyMays | July 23, 2010, 5:32 am 5:32 am
Little girls should not be on the internet posting this kind of stuff. The consequences will never be the same.
Posted by: RJ | July 23, 2010, 5:34 am 5:34 am
you could see lot of posts blaming her or her parents because this link was posted in /b/.
their main goal is to avoid attention from them in order to keep their web far from the public opinion’s hate.
Posted by: /b/ on 4chan | July 23, 2010, 6:23 am 6:23 am
I think it’s her dad’s fault for molesting her and feeding her PCP. That would probably mess with your head, they dun goof’d.
Posted by: Mike Hunt | July 23, 2010, 6:52 am 6:52 am
Don’t mess with the internet. You will always lose.
It is entirely the fault of “Jessi Slaughter” and her parents. The parents are trash, the girls is a foul mouthed little twit, and exposed herself on her webcam. “CYBERSTALKING” Or “CYBERBULLYING” is just nonsense. The means used to get her information were not top secret, it was common sense. One way or another, her information was posted on the internet for the entire world to see. With all the craziness floating around right now, why not have a key-stroke recorder or just set up a video camera of your own? Or hey better yet, BE A PARENT AND TEACH YOUR KID SOME MANNERS. Because of their blatant disregard for responsibility, consequences will never be the same.
Posted by: Plow Soke | July 23, 2010, 7:31 am 7:31 am
Don’t forget the semi nudes she posted of herself online.
Where the hell were her parents?
Why didn’t they make her do the mature thing when the drama got bad and delete the accounts she wasn’t even allowed to have since she’s under 12?
Posted by: Sarah | July 23, 2010, 7:52 am 7:52 am
they also fail to mention her posting pornography and otherwise explicit material online. oh no, not cyber bullying.
Posted by: David | July 23, 2010, 8:02 am 8:02 am
The GMA piece was typical corporate media “How to protect YOUR family” garbage. This family deserved everything they received. She is a vain, arrogant child with zero supervision. Let this be a wake-up call.
Posted by: Anonymous | July 23, 2010, 8:28 am 8:28 am
As a detective working on several cases involving Ebaumsworld (the main front of “Anonymous”) I have found they are very hard to track and defend. They often post “We will not forgive, we will not forget.” They are believed to be over 9000 strong, a so called army, many of them believed to be pedophiles. Luckily Jessi Slaughter’s father and his ability to back trace has helped us track down several key members.
Posted by: Det. Christopher Poole | July 23, 2010, 9:20 am 9:20 am
let’s break this down: emotional girl 11 years old being trolled
1. her parents didnt watch the original video apparently is what i read at another source if they had would they feel the same about the situation?
2. the dad screaming and yelling things that don’t exist and arn’t true can’t possibly help (way to go dad)
3. and this is the kicker..she was court ordered to stay off computers for 3 days “during which the harrasment subsided” then she made another post after her ban was up which made it reoccure hmm wonder where the problem is
Posted by: Synn | July 23, 2010, 9:23 am 9:23 am
Whos to blame for the negative attention? 1 single letter is responsible for all the luls. I hope I don’t get backtraced for this
Posted by: Anon | July 23, 2010, 9:30 am 9:30 am
She’s no innocent victim. She talked it up and when the backlash came, she crumpled.
I’m sure there’s plenty of 11 year old kids posting silly frivolous videos. None of them have garnered the same response. So you need to look at the content of these videos. And ask why the parents allowed her such freedom to broadcast them.
The father sealed the deal with his outburst. He should have grounded her and disconnected the computer from the internet without further response. Alas, he didn’t, and their names will live on in infamy.
Posted by: T.C. | July 23, 2010, 9:39 am 9:39 am
I saw the videos, I couldn’t believe I was watching the most foul-mouthed 11 year old ever. Wearing a bra and letting it show? She’s as disgusting as her father, who, dun, I won’t go there. She should never be allowed back online.
Posted by: edna | July 23, 2010, 10:05 am 10:05 am
4chan didn’t just make it viral, they started it all
Posted by: Anon | July 23, 2010, 10:16 am 10:16 am
What in the holy name of Raptor Jesus is wrong with GMA? Have they never heard of journalistic integrity? Of reporting news rather than creating it? Where was the mention of her wholly inappropriate behavior? Of her stripping on camera and posting sexually explicit images (which is quite illegal by Florida law) of herself? They played the brain slushie soundbite but where was the reporter to point out that the first death threat came out of her mouth. Why did the reporter not ask the parents why they shouldn’t be held accountable for their neglectful actions? This is the kind of reporting I expect from Faux News. The -man- (Dahvie Vanity, almost 30) she was accused of having sex with is known for having sex with girls as young as 13, but GMA makes no mention of her alleged sexual encounters with him, nor of her videos where she mentions her sexual exploits.
I’m not saying the Internet is always justified when it engages in self-regulatory actions such as this, but in this case, had the Internet not intervened, we would likely be hearing about her disappearing and ending up in a plastic bag in a swamp somewhere after running into one of Florida’s ridiculously large number of sexual predators.
Good job dropping the ball on this GMA, you could have reported on the story of how parental laziness and neglect leads to increasingly more danger when their children have unfettered access to the Internet and no common sense, but instead you delivered a fresh load of Fail by running this “cyberbullying” buzzword scare story.
Posted by: Anon3Mouse | July 23, 2010, 10:23 am 10:23 am
This ‘recap’ has hardly scratched the surface of this complex situation. Here are the facts.
Jessi Slaughter is an 11 year old groupie of a band called BOTDF. Her cousin became jealous of her and posted a rumor online that she had an inappropriate relationship with the lead singer. This led to a number of other groupies defending the singer and attacking Jessi. She then recorded the infamous video responding to these attacks, which went locally viral and caused further attacks. She then realized she was in over her head, pleaded for them to cease and created an unintenional comedy video starring her father that went globally viral. This all happened in the span of 24 hours. Now as part of the online harassment, it was discovered that this 11 year old had posted a number of very disturbing comments and pictures of herself in suggestive poses, which is a clear indication that she has spent a great deal of time online with no parental supervision. The sad part to this story is that she is both a victim of being raised by the uncensored depravity of the internet, and a culprit for creating such inflammatory content. Sadly, though she is only 11 years old, she is far from innocent and that blame had to be placed on her parents.
Posted by: Ted | July 23, 2010, 12:05 pm 12:05 pm
Her parents are to be blamed. If she had good parents, she would be playing violin or piano instead of cursing people on the net.
Posted by: Optimus | July 23, 2010, 12:06 pm 12:06 pm
Just more miserably failed parenting. Sad but true.
This kid will be a menace to society someday.
Posted by: Proud Native American and Angry Independent Voter | July 23, 2010, 12:12 pm 12:12 pm
First off, the example set by her father and his tirade – seriously? He wonders why his spawn is harrassed, well, inbreeding causes problems. Tell your daughter to hide her “raisins”(cover up her prepubescent body better) and get off the internet. She’s a headcase, and hasn’t even gotten the full blast of hormones that come with the teenage years. Better yet- lock her stupid, ridiculously immature ass up until she hits 18. Then you’re not legally responsible for the trash YOU PRODUCED AND GAVE to the world.
Posted by: Jeff | July 23, 2010, 1:47 pm 1:47 pm
oh boy, it’s this thread again.
So, wheres the dirt on Jessie? The raunchy vids didn’t just vanish. This is a good example that news reporters have dun goofed.
Posted by: anun | July 23, 2010, 2:07 pm 2:07 pm
It’s like Kiki Kannibal all over again. Let’s just hope that this chick doesn’t get someone killed.
Posted by: Jillian | July 23, 2010, 2:13 pm 2:13 pm
Who’s to blame? She’s ELEVEN years old.. and posting sick videos and Pornographic images of herself online. Then she starts a rumor that Dahvie Vanity from the band BloodOnTheDanceFloor had SEX with her. I had com across her, before 4chan ever did, and I saw how mean people were. I told her “I like the make up you do, and you arn’t fat, but because you are young, maybe people would be less hateful if you wore clothes.” the girl then responded to how “Fake” i was and I needed to close my legs. So who should be punished? How about her WONDERFUL parents who know WHAT she’s posted, and instead of grounding her, and probably a stern spanking, they let her keep the computer that she posted the videos and pictures from, in her room. She’s not being Cyber bullied.. She’s realizing that in the real world.. you can’t pretend to be that. She acted like a slut and her father stood up for it. Threatening her life was going to far I agree. But BOTDF has some pretty faithful followers. I, in fact, am a fan. But I wouldn’t harm Jessi. She’s just a little whiny brat striving for attention… and THAT is what you people are giving to her… Sucks to be famous for showing your body online at 11 years old and getting your “Favorite” band charged with rape.
Posted by: stacie thomas | July 23, 2010, 2:33 pm 2:33 pm
The news wants to paint this biiitch as a innocent victim instead of the instigator that she is. She tried to pwn the internet and that’s a no-no.
She taunted the wrong people, and that’s a no-no.
She threatened to KILL THE WRONG people.
that is a no-no.
So, in the end.
She dun goof’d up
Posted by: Bias news | July 23, 2010, 5:20 pm 5:20 pm
This girl was a unparented little brat and got spanked. Seriously, it’s hard to feel sorry for anyone getting taunted for saying they are going to put a glock in your mouth. The parents clearly didn’t do a good job raising her and she did something really, really stupid.
Posted by: falkner | July 23, 2010, 6:04 pm 6:04 pm
I would like to point out an error in the article. The father never promised “consequences”; he simply said “consequences will never be the same.” For all anyone knows they could get better.
Posted by: Ceci | July 23, 2010, 9:00 pm 9:00 pm
Natalie H., you bring up some excellent and well-thought-out points.
This is a cautionary tale on why parents need to be vigilant. Cyber-space is not a toy.
I understand the father’s outrage- he has the right to stand up for his daughter. However, sounding off like a guest on the Geraldo show was not the way to handle the situation. It also sets a bad example for his daughter in how to handle difficult situations.
As for the 11-year-old, I would not expect her to think ahead- she may sound like an adult, but she is very much a child and does not have the life experience, social savvy, and impulse control to know that she was setting herself up for more bullying.
I would recommend counselling for the parents and the girl in order to improve social skills and learn the uses and misuses of the internet.
Posted by: Viviane | July 24, 2010, 12:23 pm 12:23 pm
The parents are wholly responsible, for their lack of supervision and for their laisse faire parenting…The girl was self-posting info about her so-called sexual exploits, and was posting semi-nude pics of herself. This girl is a product of having been RAISED by the internet. Why would a parent allow a child to enter an area, unsupervised, filled with creeps, predators, criminals, etc.?
Posted by: Chris | July 24, 2010, 2:56 pm 2:56 pm
GMA happily ignores that the girl posted photos of her breasts online. By the sheer technical letter of the law, she’s guilty of producing child pornography.
Why ignore this GMA?
Posted by: anon312 | July 24, 2010, 6:00 pm 6:00 pm
Well, this whole thing would’ve never happened had her parents been aware of what their 11 year old CHILD had been posting online (Her mother even said she’d never seen the videos). First of all, who in their right mind would allow a pre-teen child to have a computer and webcam in their bedroom, completely unsupervised? This is a little girl we’re talking about, who probably didn’t even fully understand most of what she was saying. While no, people shouldn’t have reacted to it the way they did, if her parents would have been doing their job, this could have all been avoided.
Posted by: Irene | July 25, 2010, 2:29 am 2:29 am
Frankly the girl’s parents are to blame.
Why would you give an 11 year old a computer in her bedroom with a webcam? Why wouldn’t you check on what she was doing?
Her mother said in an interview as saying she can’t be there 24/7. So don’t let this CHILD have access to the internet 24/7.
Plus this blog entry doesn’t give what Jessi said justice. Saying something about a glock in your mouth and making a brain slushie is NOT something an 11 year old should even think. And watch the video where she’s having a breakdown…why are they allowing their 11 year old to have a bra hanging out like that?
While anon did things a bit harsh, the “poor little girl” is a brat, already too sexually promiscuous for her own good, and obviously doesn’t have enough parental supervision. DCFS? Are you there?
Posted by: MizzO | July 25, 2010, 2:44 am 2:44 am
Her parents dun goof’d
Posted by: David | July 25, 2010, 3:15 am 3:15 am
It is funny to see the mainstream media now caught up with this thing (it’s a week old news) and victimized this girl?? They obviously don’t know what she posted a semi-nude photo with her mobile number and her Facebook profile is she tucking her t-shirt up to show her boobs with one hand covering it. And the parents don’t know about any of this??? (apparently, because they haven’t watched her first video or many they don’t even know why their daughter became a target of bully!)
Posted by: Maya | July 25, 2010, 4:23 am 4:23 am
She is to blame for her cyber bullying. If she didn’t use such profane language and didn’t do the things she does on the web she wouldn’t get bullied. Personally I think it’s all just an act. She’s desperate for attention. Maybe she wanted all this attention. Maybe she didn’t care how she got attention if it be good or bad. She craved it. An 11 year old should not use language like that. I don’t even use language like that. She should not be allowed on the internet in my opinion. Or at least not allowed to have a webcam or video camera.
Posted by: Amy | July 25, 2010, 7:26 am 7:26 am
Its her parents fault – for not setting out proper internet guidelines and not monitoring her usage of the computer. and then
it’s jessica’s fault – for posting compromising pictures of herself on tumblr, for posting in other places that she had sex with BOTDF’s Dahvie Vanity – a 26 year old – which in turn led him to be trolled, and turned his life upside down. and also for posting those videos. what most people dont understand, that there was more than one disturbing video. the brain slushy one, and another where she flashes her downstairs to the viewers.
Posted by: Hat | July 25, 2010, 8:01 am 8:01 am
Anonymous has won again.
Posted by: anonymous | July 25, 2010, 1:08 pm 1:08 pm
This whole thing is pathetic. The girl was an idiot for posting these videos. No matter what the reason behind them, all she had to do was not go to wherever she was receiving this abuse. Still, most of us were idiots at that age. The pathetic part is I bet the people making threats & harassing her are probably 30 year old computer nerds with no semblance of a life. Leave the damn kid alone. Just because she makes a rant is no cause to do these despicable things to her. Life will teach her how to be, if her parents are too stupid to do it. My daughter is 17 and all of her internet activity is strictly monitored using Spector Pro which records everything she does.
Posted by: God | July 25, 2010, 2:17 pm 2:17 pm
Getting backtraced by the cyber police should be enough to keep the kids from harassing this poor young girl.
The PARENTS are totally to blame.
Posted by: The Consequences - Will they be the same? | July 25, 2010, 5:23 pm 5:23 pm
Obviously parents are to blame for letting their whoreish 11 year old post naked pictures online, allow her constant access to the internet without supervision as well as allowing her to go hang out with a convicted rapist (Blood on the Dance Floor).
Posted by: anone moose | July 25, 2010, 5:25 pm 5:25 pm
So…girl tells people to commit suicide and otherwise acts intolerable to the internet, then the internet bites back? Glad she is in therapy, she needs it. Blame the parents.
Posted by: Robert | July 25, 2010, 5:28 pm 5:28 pm
Her parents, but if it wasn’t for ebaumsworld none of this would have happened.
Posted by: Seamore Cox | July 25, 2010, 5:30 pm 5:30 pm
I wonder why abc news didn’t comment on the nude pictures she posted of herself on the interwebs?
Posted by: Seamore Cox | July 25, 2010, 5:31 pm 5:31 pm
Did someone call for me ?
Posted by: Cyber Police | July 25, 2010, 5:33 pm 5:33 pm
4chan? All I heard about was Ebaums and tumblr..
Posted by: Rick Rawleding | July 25, 2010, 5:37 pm 5:37 pm
Why do u guys from ebaums always end up messing with people so much. Get a life!!
Posted by: Bill | July 25, 2010, 5:42 pm 5:42 pm
This is the fault of 4chan’s Random Board (/b/). They are fully to blame.
Posted by: whiteknight | July 25, 2010, 5:42 pm 5:42 pm
Who’s responsible? Is this a serious question? The media is a complete joke anymore. And Shirley Sherrod is a racist. The Tea Party is a legit grassroots movement and pigs fly. Wake up media and do what you did years ago. Report.
Posted by: Greg | July 25, 2010, 5:42 pm 5:42 pm
If an 11 year old girl wants to go on the internet i believe that is perfectly acceptable, but if while on there she makes violent threats and insults others, a backlash is inevitable. Don’t blame the internet, blame the parents who obviously where not doing their job.
Posted by: AnOn | July 25, 2010, 5:43 pm 5:43 pm
You dun goof’d Ebaumsworld for the last time! You’ve been backtraced and the consequences will never the the same AGAIN!
Posted by: Jack Bauer | July 25, 2010, 5:43 pm 5:43 pm
damn ebaumsworld.
Posted by: popeye | July 25, 2010, 5:45 pm 5:45 pm
I personally think ebaums took things a little too far with this one. I was there when they first found the poor girl’s videos. I mean, how big of losers can they Be, picking on a little girl?
Posted by: ~ebaums~ | July 25, 2010, 5:48 pm 5:48 pm
Her fault. She’s under 13, and she went on to post videos on YouTube. In addition, her verbal obscenities and dumb behavior attracts trolls, and thus, she was trolled.
Of course its not nice to troll, but too many people do it, so its harder to change. She could have prevented all this by making one decision herself.
Posted by: Kazoo | July 25, 2010, 5:57 pm 5:57 pm
It was completely and 100% her parent’s fault. They admitted to never checking what she was doing on the internet, and that led to her posting such things as pornographic images of herself. I think these “cyber bullies” are heroes for showing the world what happens when you turn a blind eye to a child like this.
Posted by: Ted | July 25, 2010, 5:58 pm 5:58 pm
there isn’t enough jails in the world to contain the people that harassed jessi slaughter.
Posted by: jesus | July 25, 2010, 7:07 pm 7:07 pm
I believe anyone who ever says someone bad about someone else on the internet should go to jail.
- Signed, dumb###### of America
Posted by: StevenDentalus | July 25, 2010, 8:39 pm 8:39 pm
Where is the video of her after her father lost his mind? She was laughing about it all. ABC, where is it?? Where are ALL the facts? Why arent you following up on this? DO YOUR JOB AND AIR ALL THE FACTS!
Posted by: anon | July 26, 2010, 11:20 am 11:20 am
Her father is disappoint
Posted by: Annon | July 26, 2010, 3:41 pm 3:41 pm
she’s stupid- no one that young should EVER be allowed on the internet. I mean cmon- self control? what 11 yr old has that? what 16 yr old has that? there needs to be some kind of filter or security test measuring intellect or something – it’s her parents’ fault for giving her internet. -DJ Oxygen
Posted by: DJ Oxygen | July 26, 2010, 8:08 pm 8:08 pm
She needs to straighten up! She posted nudes on her Tumblr (online blog) and said a whole lot to the people online. It makes sense why all people on the Internet are making fun of her. Jessi, I hope you learned a lesson from this.
Posted by: Zack | July 26, 2010, 9:12 pm 9:12 pm
As a Parent myself I believe it is our job as parents to monitor our kids online, sadly Her parents didnt seem to do that and when her father did his re-action didnt seem to be to bright either.
Maybe they should look up and read besides Understand COPPA Its a Law regarding to under 13yrs of age. So In all honesty maybe teh parents are to blame?!
And as for the girl.. sad to see a kid trying to be a big girl when its clearly shes not.
my advice to other parents is dont be afriad to see what your Kid does online fear what coudl harm your babies while your not taking notice.
Posted by: A New Zealand Parent | July 27, 2010, 8:02 am 8:02 am
There is so much more to this story than a case of cyberbullying. At 11 years old this child should not be on the internet unsupervised nor should have access to a webcam without a parent present. While I do not personally believe in censorship I do believe parents need to take responsibilty to make sure that their children are engaged in age appropriate activities.
The next obvious question would be if the child in question was being harrassed over the internet why not just turn the computer off rather than engaging in more online banter?
This is a deeply troubled young girl who should be in counseling and whose parents obviously need counseling on how to be a good parent.
Posted by: beth | July 27, 2010, 2:41 pm 2:41 pm
leaving an egotistical 11 year old girl on the internet is the worst mistake a parent can make. this was bound to happen. and whats even more worse is that her parents didn’t even say the whole story. this isn’t considered news, it’s considered stupidity.
Posted by: IT'SGOOFYTIME | July 27, 2010, 5:52 pm 5:52 pm
The cyberpolice is on his way… Im out of here
Posted by: A non | July 27, 2010, 5:55 pm 5:55 pm
You keep calling her Jessi Slaughter. That is NOT her name, Because she used what she perceived as a “threatening” alias, there are two elderly people, that do not even know this girl, being harassed, threatened, and scared. Their lives and the lives of their neighbors have been totally disrupted. That happens when a suspicious package is delivered and police and bomb squads close down a street for hours every day.
This child needs serious help and her parents should pay the cost of the many man hours of police, fire, and rescue vehicles that respond everyday.
Posted by: patty | July 27, 2010, 11:18 pm 11:18 pm
I would say her parents are responsible because at age 11 – she is in fact their responsibility. I don’t feel that sorry for the girl – she can dish it out. When you throw crap against a fan – some crap is gonna fly back at you… I think ABC has slanted this story and made it out that she is the victim. Her dads actions and rant is what really gave the Internet video pranksters fuel and fodder – he dun goofed up & the consequences will never be the same.
Posted by: KC | July 28, 2010, 2:25 am 2:25 am
The simple solution: TURN OFF your computer.
Or at the very least, don’t visit the websites the bullies are on.
Also, if you dish out vulgar and lewd comments, don’t be surprised when people dish them back.
Posted by: Shauna Washington | July 28, 2010, 2:07 pm 2:07 pm
This is The second funniest thing ever on the internet so far.
Her parents ‘dun goof’d’ for letting their 11 year old daughter be on the internet without restrictions/limits.
It didn’t help that she tried to stand up for herself and failed, because she looked like a winey little girl.
The internet is not a place to mess around/insult people, you’ll be flamed.
Remember this: anytime it’s you VS. the internet; the internet always wins!\
Be safe kids!
Posted by: Andy the Anon | July 29, 2010, 1:28 am 1:28 am
No 11 year old should even be on Youtube let alone the Internet in the first place without parental control. That language was not needed nor was her time on TV needed, she’s trying to win over attention as in a “awwww I got bullied, give me sympathy”. She is not an innocent little “angel”. Has anyone seen her pictures that were up on her page at one point before they were removed? She dresses like an older teenage girl would or more like a young prostitute! She’s a disgusting little brat who deserved it all and needs to stay away from a computer. That is all.
Posted by: Sakura | July 29, 2010, 5:28 pm 5:28 pm
YA DONE GOOOF’D
Posted by: Mishh | July 30, 2010, 12:52 am 12:52 am
IF SOPMEONE SAID THEY WERE GOING TO PUT AND I QUOTE “GLOCK IN MY MOUTH AND MAKE A BRAIN SLUSHEE” I would make a retaliation or I’d.. we’ll I could call the CYBER POLICE!
Posted by: UnkownGnome | August 1, 2010, 5:50 pm 5:50 pm
Parenting is more than feeding and clothing. Jessie is the result of an epidemic where parents are no longer teaching them proper behavior as well as self control. This goes not only for her, but the “haters” as well. Rather than bringing people together, the internet has made it far easier for people to behave in the worst possible manner.
Posted by: Selena | August 6, 2010, 7:43 pm 7:43 pm
Is her father the guy they modeled Mario Brothers after? Fiesty little guy, and I can see where the stupid come from in the little foul mouthed trashy girl.
Posted by: Julio | August 13, 2010, 12:19 pm 12:19 pm
her parents are for not watching her and letting her put the vdeos up also she continues to make new videos enen today
Posted by: lydia | August 17, 2010, 3:51 am 3:51 am
hi
\OK so to all the people saying this girl is being harassed has obviously not been looking at her videos. she is a rude and vulgar little girl.i don’t know who to blame more her or her parents for allowing her to post these things. and for her father to come on and act the way he did just shows that she is not giving the hole story.what needs to happen is they need to start by taking away her computer then finding a way to teach her some manners because there is no reason why a 11 year old girl should even be thinking of the things coming out of her mouth i would be ashamed to be fighting for her
Posted by: Cyberbullying | September 22, 2010, 8:31 am 8:31 am
Apparently, there is no magic button to press to track bullies and record their online
antics on those sites…or COULD there be? It’s an idea waiting to just happen.
All it takes is some programmer to punch up a few codes to get it started.
Posted by: CyberBullying | September 28, 2010, 12:52 am 12:52 am
Parents need to be aware of this,especially because cyberbullying is so dumb,it can go on for quite sometime without being immediately noticed.
Posted by: Cyberbullying | October 2, 2010, 5:58 am 5:58 am
Yall dun goof’d
Posted by: Anonymous | October 15, 2010, 12:30 pm 12:30 pm
Im 11 and what is this?
Posted by: Anonymous | October 15, 2010, 12:33 pm 12:33 pm
First off, she started this whole mess. I am tired of her acting like she is a cyberbullying victim. That is not the cyberbullying everyone is talking about! When you say you’re going to “pop a glock in their mouth and make a brain slushie”, yeah, you’re gonna get some backlash.
Posted by: wvben | October 25, 2010, 9:22 pm 9:22 pm
That girl got Dahvie Vanity in jail! For “raping” her which was a lie she finally dropped charges! Dahvie Vanity and Botdf is very inspirational before you hate on my comments saying they’re perverts listen to me ok? They have been through so much but they take it out by writing music that’s a positive way that teaches to let emotions out positively they’re song “believe” has helped me not commit suicide because of family and friends deaths I realize they’re lyrics are vulgar but they’re eccentric and they’re funny they teach people individualism and they care so much about fans that little girl got a music idol and life idol arrested to get famous that girl deserves to be arrested herself for false allegations
Posted by: Karissa | June 7, 2011, 8:46 am 8:46 am