I don't understand why we regulate methods instead of ends. Why is it wrong if someone commits murder with a baseball bat, and worse if they do it with a gun? I can see some justification in the hope that maybe people will be deterred from following the most violent courses, so maybe incidental damage is decreased or cops have a better chance of catching them. But it leads to the problem of crimes that have no corresponding laws.
If I invent a brand new way to kill someone and then I go kill them, there's no law against that!
If, for instance, a family decides to create a fake MySpace profile and use it to lead on and then emotionally destroy an already emotionally unstable girl so she kills herself, there's no law against that! And the press will shield that family from public identification!
Ah... But they didn't do it with the intent of killing the girl. We know that because they said so.
So, the police say, their hands are tied. No crime was committed!
Until it's gone, here's the actual story:
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gg5xCtQtLBF6vJqWXStItGEOsJfwD8SV6U680
Nothing is different because it's on the Internet.