Christine McComas

Christine McComas is the mother of Grace McComas who went from being a joyful, active 14 year old in 2011 to death by suicide on Easter Sunday 2012 following a drug-assisted sexual assault and related malicious, death-wishing and dehumanizing cyberbullying amplified by social media. The screenshot proof of social media abuse led to the unanimous passage of Maryland's criminal statute named Grace's Law less than a year after her death. An update to Grace's Law (2.0) was passed in 2019 to keep up with digital dangers, including suicide baiting and sextortion. Christine has also advocated for the passage of the Maryland Kids Code, recently signed into law, and championed federal legislation including KOSA (now KOSPA) to protect young people online.