Lady Skank
Ban Evasion inc
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Posted - 2011.01.11 12:27:00 -
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 Originally by: Major MouseTrap
Well the op is kinda right new laws are going on the books every week.Some states, like Wisconsin, have both a bullying law (which recently passed) and separate statutes regulating telephones and other forms of electronic communication. Specifically, in Wisconsin it is a misdemeanor crime to threaten to ôinflict injury or personal harmö through the use of e-mail or another computerized communication system. It is also illegal to harass, annoy, or otherwise offend another person electronically. Each state is different with respect to the extent that they specifically address electronic forms of harassment. Educators, parents, and law enforcement officers need to be sure to carefully review and understand the statutes in their own state to understand the formal legal implications of participating in cyberbullying. More than 35 states have anti-bullying laws specifically mandating school districts adopt anti-bullying policies. And 15 states now have some type of cyberbullying law on the books, and another seven with pending legislation before their state legislators. Missouri and California have passed the strongest laws protecting victims of cyberbullying while handing down the harshest punishment to the cyber-bully. Each year more and more states are passing laws protecting children and adults alike from these types of attacks. Federal Cyberbullying Laws
On April 2, 2009, a federal level bill addressing cyberbullying was placed before the House of Representatives titled the "Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act" (Bill H.R. 1966). The Megan Meier case caused law enforcement, parents and advocates to realize that in some cases adults were perpetrating some of the crimes, which may allow some jurisdictions to look at cyberbullying as a form of child abuse when an underage minor is involved
None of this applies to a game, what will people do when they lose a game of chess? call the police because they are being bullied? as long as its game related the courts will do nothing so losing an Internet spaceship gives no grounds for a prosecution neither will calling somebody a Gallente pig.
Telling somebody that you will come and kill them and burn down their house or forcing somebody to hand over virtual property by making real life threats to a persons safety would but that's a different kettle of fish and something that CCP would deal with as well.
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