Wisconsin v. Phillips [1]

The State of Wisconsin criminally prosecuted seventeen-year-old Alex Phillips of Wisconsin after he posted nude photos of his former girlfriend on his MySpace page.  The State charged him with criminal libel, possession of child pornography, sexual exploitation of a child and causing mental harm to a child. The case is pending in La Crosse County Circuit Court.

UPDATE:

On 01-26-2009, Phillips pled guilty [2] to causing mental harm to a child, a class F felony.  As part of the plea bargain, the state dropped the other counts of the indictment.

On 3-06-09, the court sentenced [2] Phillips to 100 hours of community service and three years probation. During this time, Phillip "is not to own, operate or possess a computer, software, modem, cell phone or any gaming system that has internet access capabilities including facebook and myspace."