After the recent suicide of a Long Island West Islips high school student Alexis "Lexi" Pilkington, a Facebook memorial site was created for the senior athlete. However, along with posting memorial comments, there have been some negative and derogatory post that have appeared on Internet site.
Some suggest that Web sites that allow anonymous postings should be banned. Others say police should prosecute those who make such offensive remarks. However according to police, they said that although the comments very offensive, they were not illegal.
The 17-year-old was allegedly receiving harassing Internet messages before she killed herself, but her parents deny that this was the reason why she committed suicide. Nonetheless, the police stated that nothing could really be done regarding the offensive comments.
Although Facebook does show names of people who posted the negative and derogatory comments, the family cannot sue or pursue any legal action. Due to the fact that the victim is deceased, the family is limited and suing libel or slander is not an option.
Nonetheless, the memorial site is still up and many of her friends are still posting positive messages remembering the life of their friend. The family continues to only view the positive comments posted and ignore the negative.
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