Women in the World: Busting a Cyberstalker

October 12, 2012 NEW FRONTIERS 1. Busting a Cyberstalker Carla Franklin, a management consultant and former model in New York City, went out on a few casual dates with a man in 2005—and spent the next six years being harassed, stalked, and cyberbullied by him. In a Daily Beast exclusive, she tells Abigail Pesta how she refused to become his victim. What she learned along the way is that fighting cybercrimes is not easy: "Law enforcement has not caught up to technology when it comes to online harassment," she says. "I want to change that." Now she's suing her cyberstalker and becoming an advocate for women who "might not have the money or resources to go after their online stalkers—or who are told in court that cybercrimes aren't real." Read it at The Daily Beast TEENAGE TARGET 2. Wake Up, Pakistan The Taliban horrified the world with the shooting of a 14-year-old girl on a schoolbus—an attempt to snuff out her dreams of getting an education. As the teenage girl, Malala Yousafzai, fights for her life, it's time for Pakistan to take responsibility for its extremism, writes Asra Nomani on The Daily Beast. "Malala is only the latest in a sad legacy of the damage done by the country's inability to look its homegrown-extremism problem in the face," says Nomani, a feminist Muslim activist. "I hope Pakistan has reached its tipping point. How much more blood has to spill before the nation and its people move to unequivocally crush their extremists?" Read it at The Daily Beast GET The Cheat Sheet A speedy, smart summary of news and must-reads from across the Web. You'll love the featured original stories on politics, entertainment, and more from The Daily Beast's diverse group of contributors. GET Culture Beast Weekly cultural recommendations from The Daily Beast.

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