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According to a 2002 report by the U.S. National Center for Victims of Crime, "virtually any unwanted contact between two people that directly or indirectly communicates a threat or places the victim in fear can be considered stalking", [4] although the rights afforded to victims may vary depending on jurisdiction.
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]
A few states have both stalking and harassment statutes that criminalize threatening and unwanted electronic communications. [46] 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."
Gang stalking or group-stalking is a set of persecutory beliefs in which those affected believe they are being followed, stalked, and harassed by a large number of people. [1] The term is associated with the virtual community formed by people who consider themselves " targeted individuals " (" T.I. "), claiming their lives are disrupted from ...
The Protection from Harassment Act 1997 did not originally define "stalking" or formally proscribe it. [10] This section creates a specific offence of stalking. It followed a commitment given by the Prime Minister, David Cameron, on 8 March 2012 (International Women's Day) to remedy perceived deficiencies in the Act. [11]
Hazing of a French military pilot in 1997 at 1,000 hours of flight time. Hazing (), initiation, [1] beasting [2] (British English), bastardisation (Australian English), ragging (South Asian English) or deposition refers to any activity expected of someone in joining or participating in a group that humiliates, degrades, abuses, or endangers them regardless of a person's willingness to participate.
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An estimated 55 billion email spam were sent each day in June 2006, an increase of 25 billion per day from June 2005. [43] For the first quarter of 2010, an estimated 305,000 newly activated zombie PCs were brought online each day for malicious activity. This number is slightly lower than the 312,000 of the fourth quarter of 2009. [44]