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Internet Law: Strongest Cyber-Bully Law in US Passes

Effective next week, the North Carolina legislature has passed, and the Governor has signed, what appears to be the strongest and broadest CyberBullying law in the US.

The following conduct intended to intimidate or "torment" a minor is now illegal and criminal in North Carolina:

1) Building a fake website or social network profile.

2) Posing as a minor in a chat room, in an email, or in an instant message.

3) Following a minor online or into a chat room.

4) Posting private or personal or sexual information about a minor.

5) Posting a doctored image of a minor online.

6) Publishing any statement, whether true or false, tending to provoke any third party to harass a minor.

7) Signing up a minor for a porn site.

8) Signing up a minor for email lists. 

At Dozier Internet Law, we expect to see the free speech expansionsists challenge the constitutionality of the law. But it is a dramatic move in the right protection.

Traverse Internet Law: Six Get Prison For Website Harassment

Each will get from one to three years in prison for violation of the AETA and cyberstalking.

Traverse Internet Law has commented on the recent Federal appellate court decision rejecting free speech and constitutional challenges to convictions of six animal rights activists. You can read about the convictions on the www.google-bombs.com website. This is a significant victory for those fighting online personal terrorism and could be the map for legislators to follow as laws are drafted trying to address the mobosphere attacks that have become so prevalent online.

Expect an appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States, and then an opportunity for the Supremes to send a message to the scofflaws of the online world that this type of coordinated online attack can get you in serious trouble. Like one to six years in prison.