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Cyberstalking a child under the age of 16 or a person of any age for which the offender has been ordered by the courts not to contact is considered "aggravated stalking," a third degree felony under Florida law. Cyberstalking in conjunction with a credible threat is also considered aggravated stalking. [31]
The first anti-stalking law was enacted in California in 1990, and while all fifty states soon passed anti-stalking laws, by 2009 only 14 of them had laws specifically addressing "high-tech stalking." [17] The first U.S. cyberstalking law went into effect in 1999 in California. [47]
Cyberstalking is a criminal offense that comes into play under state anti-stalking laws, slander laws, and harassment laws. A cyberstalking conviction can result in a restraining order, probation, or even criminal penalties against the assailant, including jail. [72] Some applications are explicitly centered on "cyber stalking."
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The bill was passed by the California State Legislature and signed into law by the Governor of California, Jerry Brown, on June 28, 2018, to amend Part 4 of Division 3 of the California Civil Code. [2] Officially called AB-375, the act was introduced by Ed Chau, member of the California State Assembly, and State Senator Robert Hertzberg. [3] [4]
John Thornton, 42, pleaded guilty in 2021 to a nine-count superseding indictment charging him with cyberstalking and making threats in interstate commerce. Las Cruces man gets five years in ...
She teaches law at the University of Virginia School of Law. She is an expert in information privacy, free expression, and civil rights law. In 2019, she was named a Mac Arthur Fellow for her work on sexual privacy and cyberstalking. She is the author of Hate Crimes in Cyberspace (Harvard University Press).
A California man pleaded guilty this week to a count of stalking after he sent a woman antisemitic and racist messages over 14 month. Andre Morrow Lackner, 35, sent the messages from June 2021 to ...