clementi reportedly told his r.a., or residential adviser, about the incident. the university refuses to say what if anything was done with that information. in his final posting, clementi wrote on facebook: what was your reaction when you heard what happened to the student at rut gersz? >> sad,ive very sad by the story. >> reporter: because? >> it's another loss of a young life. >> reporter: gay rights advocate joe coscue said this highlights a troubling trend-- cyberbulling and gay bashing leading to tragic outcomes. 13-year-old asher brown shot himself in the head after he was reportedly bullied. in california, 13-year-old seth walsh hanged himself from a tree in his backyard, and 15-year-old billy lucas killed himself in indiana, all reportedly over relentless teasing about their sexuality. according to a recent survey on gay bullying, nine out of 10 gay and lesbian student are bullied at school. those statistics, student at harvey milk high school in manhattan know all too well. this is one of the first high schools in the country, open primarily for gay, l

police say hours later, clementi jumped off the george washington bridge.t's now clear for his own internet trail that clementi's roommate knew he was gay back in august. but his friend and neighbor says it wasn't a hate crime, that ravi was a regular guy, excited about college and was not homofoe big. >> very, very open-minded, and he, i feel like if it had been a girl in the room, it wouldn't have been any different. >> reporter: still, thousands are sounding off on a facebook group calling for the college freshmen behind the incident to face manslaughter charges. ravi and his friend molly wei are charged with criminal invasion of privacy. today, the group campus pride told us their own new study found that at the college level, 1/3 of gay students have seriously considered leaving their institution due to the challenging climate. what do your findings find about the bias on college campuses? it is alarming to think in 2010, we still don't have poll sips that are inclusive. >> reporter: abc.com received hundreds of posts about this issue. "this story hit

from what we can tell, clementi was by all accounts a sweet, young man. he was a gifted musician, violinist, and the rutgers freshman posting this message on his facebook account before he took his own life. he wrote, quote, jumping off the gw bridge sorry." a body has been found floating in the hudson river found yesterday. police are now working to identify if it is, in fact, the body of tyler clementi. tyler's roommate, however, dharun ravi with another student are charged with invasion of privacy in the case. this is what he tweeted about clementi. quote, roommate asked for the room until midnight. i went into molly's room and turned on my web cam. i saw him making out with a dude. yay. end quote. on another day he wrote this, quote, anyone with ichat i dare you to video chat with me between the hours of 9:30 and 12, yes, it's happening again, end quote. earlier we spoke to a law professor paul callen about the death and he says the problem is the internet can be a dangerous tool that allows kids to strike out whenever they feel like it. >> when we we

tyler clementi and dhraun ravi had only known each other a few weeks.olice say ravi started tweeting about him. on september 19th, this post on twitter. roommate asked for the room till midnight. i went into molly's room and turned on my web cam. i saw him making out with a dude, yay. authorities say ravi didn't just use the web cam to watch the male encounter with a classmate, he streamed the video live over the internet, for anyone to see. two days later, police say ravi tried it again. and wrote this message to anyone following him on twitter. anyone with ichat, i dare you to video chat me between the hours of 9:30 and 12:00. it's happening again. clementi's family said when they found out, the accomplished violinist, went to the george washington bridge and jumped to his death. gawker claims that the day of his death, he posted to his website. he wrote a letter to his dormroom about the incident. and this was clementi's final facebook entry. jumping off the g.w. bridge. sorry. the clementi family released this statement. tyler was a fine, young man.

. >> reporter: at 18, tyler clementi was pursuing his dream at rutgers university.s clementi had a sexual encounter with another man in his dormroom, place say his roommate sent it live to the internet a hidden camera. then, boasted by tweet, roommate asked for the room till midnight. i went into molly's room and turned on the web cam. dharun ravi, and molly wei were arrested. >> it makes you feel like you're careful who you talk to. who is in your room. >> it's scary a little bit. knowing your face and your personal privacy could be invaded. and could be accessed by millions of people. >> reporter: in a statement, tyler's relatives say, the family is heartbroken beyond words. one gay rights group is calling this is a hate crime. writer dan savage started a youtube channel where gay adults can post videos to encourage gay teens that however bad it is, it gets better. >> social media shows kids can have help and support. >> reporter: this support comes too late for clementi's family. richard cantu, abc news. >>> and you can hear more about dan savage's project. it ge

the clementi family destroyed and what about the other person involved in the sexual encounter.rson was broadcast over the internet. that reputation has been destroyed. so, it's a horrible, horrible case. >> and what used to be a paper trail, which sometimes was destroyed, virtually nothing gets destroyed on computers any more. a lot of cyberinvestigation going on. >> this is really the perfect storm of social media, it involves skype and facebook and twitter, ichat, use of webcams and all comes together in one situation where you see a horrible, horrible abuse of technology and the law doesn't seem to be able to keep up with it. the laws we have are old laws dealing with physical assault and new age of internet technology and the law has to find a way to deal with this and it hasn't yet. >> paul, nice to see you. >>> brian of portland, oregon, is the founder of vocation vacations. he pairs individuals up with existing small businesses, giving the vacationers a two to three-day crash course to test drive a different career. it's an intensive learning experience for perspective e

tyler clementi said good-bye over facebook posting "simply jumping off the gw bridge sorry."ge for less than a month and a body cleveland to be clementi was found floating in the hudson river yesterday. police are still working to i.d. that body. clementi's roommate, dharun ravi and another student are charged with invasion of privacy, accused of setting up the web cam and then live streaming what intimate moments. >> i think it was wrong that they would put that on-line or video it at all. >> to hear technology, you know, to see how far you can go with that and easy it is to access that and stream it to a large amount of people, it's unbelievable and it's also pathetic. >> rutgers president says all the facts in the case are not out, but he says if the charges are true, the actions violate the university's standards of decency and humanity. bullying in our schools and now on-line. why do kids do it? what can be done to put an end to it? an "ac 360" report you don't want to miss, cnn beginning monday night at 10:00 eastern. >>> all right. let's take a look at the impact of th

officials believe 18-year-old tyler clementi took his own life after a private moment in his dorm roomecretly strewn on the internet for others to see. now his roommate and another student face charges of privacy violation laws. >> right now in term os it have legal case, it's really just at the beginning. the two suspects, both 18-year-old freshmen, have only been charged wl several counts of privacy law violations, which upon conviction could result in jail sentences of three to five years. but there's already talk this could be a civil rights violation case. and gay rights groups are saying it could be prosecuted as a hate cream. they're saying the tweet that one of the suspects put out, that dharun ravi put out. he said roommate asked for the room until midnight. i went to molly's room and turned on my webcam. saw him making out with a dude. yay. it was three days after that event that the victim in this case, whose name is tyler clementi, according to two witnesses, jumped off the george washington bridge to his death. meanwhile, here on campus. project civility is under way on th

he considers clementi's death a hate crime. this month alone at least three other teenagers killed themselves after they were bullied at school about their actual or perceived sexual orientations. they include billy lucaseses from indiana and 13-year-old asscher brown from texas and seth walsh from california who also killed himself this month. and joining me on the phone is dan savidge. dan, thanks for joining me. >> thank you for having me. >> absolutely. right now those students involved in the rutgers situation, do you think there needs to be more here? >> there needs to be more everywhe everywhere. there have been a rush of suicide among gay teenagers. four times more likely to commit suicide because of bullying like this. the religious right anti-bullying programs even though it's leading to suicides in california and a 13-year-old boy hanged himself in texas and a 17-year-old boy hanged himself. it's not just the rutgers case, although this is particularly tragic and particularly newsworthy. this is going on all across t

ravi here had tweeted about clementi, roommate asked for the room till midnight.ng without a dude, yay. anyone with ichat, i dare you to video chat with me between the hours of 9:30 and 12:00. yes, it's happening again. end quote. earlier we spoke to law professor about the death saying that the problem is the internet is a dangerous tool for kids to strike out whenever they feel like it. >> when we were growing up, you know, there would be a gossip circle and maybe somebody talking about somebody else. it stopped there. they broadcast it on the internet, destroying this young man's life and reputation. and now the lives of three young people are going to be destroyed. >> right. >> and that's the disturbing thing here is that you have got in this case three very young live that is are impacted. one no longer here with us and the other two now drastically seeing an impact to the lives and trying to find out what will happen and serious allegations and bringing up a conversation again, does there need to be more regulation of what people put on the internet. >> have

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when tyler clementi celebrated his high school graduation this past june, he already won acclaim as ast and scholarship he would use at rutgers university. but his roommate, dharun ravi announced on twitter the roommate asked for the room until midnight. i went to molly's room and turn on my webcam and saw him making out with a dude, yea and also broadcast him live over the internet where untold number of viewers could watch. then he allegedly tried to do it again, tweeting, yes, it's happening again. this time it did not work, the next day a police source told nbc news two witnesses saw clementi jump off the towering george washington bridge to his death. molly he referred to, classmate molly wei have been criminally charged with violating new jersey's privacy laws and could face 3 to 5 years in prison. not enough says privacy expert. >> i think if the prosecutors limit this to just the privacy violations in state law, they're not doing their jobs. >> reporter: clementi's suicide may be the latest tragic teen death linked to the internet and humiliate violations of privacy. last year

a message that appears from clementi was sent out on a gay community message board two days later.saw me making out with a guy and later added the school probably won't do much of anything. in his last message on facebook clementi posted a suicide note. jumping off the g.w. bridge, sorry. his driver's license and college i.d. were later found on the bridge and wednesday a body was pulled from the hudson river. the two have been charged with invasion of privacy for spying on clementi and could get five years in prison. >> >>> steady and heavy rain continues to fall. we'll get a midday break. more heavy rain this afternoon and this evening. watches and warnings are many. we have for at least 15 counties in maryland a flash flood warning in effect with the a tornado watch in >>> up next, who's hiring out there? we'll tell you where the bright spots are in our very slowly recovering economy. you're watching "the early show" on cbs. i was driving in northern california. my son was asleep. i really didn't see it coming. i didn't realize i was drifting into the other lane. [ kim ] i was l

police say clementi's two classmates used a webcam to show it. some are now saying they should l-gqlqñ[ñs?1ç# serious. mike tiabbi is live. what else is the governor and others saying at this hour about this? >> reporter: yeah, there's a growing course of voices saying this particular incident should be prosecuted as a hate crime, not just a case of video or cyber bullying. but because of what was said by the two suspects, what was tweeted by one of the two suspects as the video was being streamed. dharun ravi tweeted this. roommate asked for the room till midnight. i went into molly's room and turned on my webcam. i saw him making out with a dude. yay. a reference to a homosexual encounter. right now the charges are only on privacy violation laws. ironically, the terrible accident happened just as this university was embarking on an effort to improve civility in this technological age. >> we don't create safe spaces. we're trying to create an entire campus where everywhere is safe. >> reporter: too late for this gifted 18-year-old student, tyle

>> reporter: new york police confirmed the body of tyler clementi was pulled from the hudson river. they say the 18-year-old committed suicide after a sexual encounter with a man was streamed live over the internet. the new jersey community is trying to come to grips with this. >> you know, normal kids. i was shocked when i heard what happened. >> it was a good kid. terrible. >> i don't understand why anyone would do that. >> prosecutors say the couple used a web cam to transmit the images over the internet. they face up to five years in prison. >>> a new jersey gay rights group called clementi's death a hate crime. >>> five months after the failed bomb plot in times square, the fbi developed a prototype to show what could have happened. >>> the fbi released the video showing the debt nation of a bomb similar of the one builtly faisal shahzad. on may 1st, he planted the car bomb in times square but the bomb never went off. the fbi says the results could have been devastating. the fbi planned to kill at least 40 people with the device. >>> now that maryland is officially in the slots

protesters at the university's new jersey campus last night held a vigil for 18-year-old tyler clementi george washington bridge last week. two other students are charged with secretly recording him in a sex encounter with another man. some protesters call it a hate crime. >> we want to make sure the entire community is aware what happened. >> he had a whole future ahead. of him and really sad to think his family has to deal with losing him.xd >> a family friend describes him as a fine young man and distinguished musician and the family is heart broken beyond words.ñr >>> in other news, mcdonald's is warning it may drop health care coverage for nearly 30,000 hourly workers because of the new health care reform law. the hamburger chain does not provide full health insurance for such workers but does offer so-called mini-med plans that provide limited coverage for a weekly fee. the "wall street journal" reports mcdonald's wants regulators to waive a key element of health care reform to continue to offer the minimed coverage. >>> on the "cbs moneywatch" stocks in asia took a big hit this m

tyler clementi took his own life after a private moment in his dorm room was secretly streamed on the internet for anyone to see. now his roommate and another student are facing charges. mike joins us. tell us how this unfolded. >> reporter: this is a sad story, it really is. the private moment which you referred to was a sexual encounter, allegedly a gay sexual encounter. two students are under arrest for privacy law violations. think about what one of suspects tweeted as he was live streaming the video of his roommate having this sexual moment, this romantic moment. roommate asked for the room till midnight. i went to molly's room, that's the co-defendant and turned on the web cam, saw him making out with a dude, yay. that has gay rights groups calling for this to be prosecuted as a hate crime not just a civil rights violation. certainly as more than a privacy law violation case. right now the two suspects are home with their families. they've been released one on his own recognizance awaiting arraignment. the family is new york city waiting to identify a body pulled from the river.

many are shocked after the sudden death of freshman tyler clementi.m nature and another girl are now facing charges for invasion of privacy. >>> former president jimmy carter is getting back to work after a two-day stay in the hospital. he waved to onlookers today after being released by doctors. he has been recovering from a viral infection after two days of rest, the 85-year-old got the okay to resume his regular schedule. he's now in washington for a meeting later this week. >>> in healthwatch, a new study is shedding light on attention deficit hyper activity disorder. it should take some of the pressure off parents. sandra hughes reports for wjz. >> reporter: a new study finds attention deficit hyper activity disorder or adhd is genetic. marren already knew that. she has two sons with it. jonathan was diagnosed with adhd in kindergarten. >> i cannot control myself that much and i tend to get in a lot of fights. and my anger pops up and i always try to make it so i don't lose it. >> reporter: at the university of california at los angeles, the krom

three days later that student, tyler clementi, according to two witnesses, and police i spoke to yesterday confirmed this, jumped to his death off the george washington bridge into the hudson river. a body's been recovered, not confirmed that it's him yet, but it's logical. i spoke to the vice president of student affairs. he made the point that these incoming freshman at 18 are really smart, they've grown up with the internet. they know the internet can be abused as easily as it can be used, but in his view, serious misuse of the internet rarely happens. >> mostly, what happens in our residence halls is students develop a close-knit trust relationship. a sense of community and attachment to one another. for a student to do this, it violates that trust relationship that usually exists within a residence hall and it's shocked our entire university community. >> reporter: all right. as i said, the two students who are suspects in this case now face privacy violation charges that could, if convicted, result in jail sentences of three to five years. they are both home now with their families a