PoliceState Piece
‘Hostile bloggers facing fines, jail?’
by OffSite (5/7/09)
Proposal ‘comes close to making it federal offense to log onto Internet’ - A new proposal in Congress is threatening fines and jail time for what it calls “cyberbullying” - communications that include e-mails and text messages that “cause substantial emotional distress.”
...At Wired.com, in a report labeled “Threat Level,” writer David Kravets criticized the plan to demand “up to two years in prison for those whose electronic speech is meant to ‘coerce, intimidate, harass, or cause substantial emotional distress.’” Full Piece
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