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Cyberbullying is defined by Sameer Hinduja and Justin Patchin as "willful and repeated harm inflicted through the use of computers, cell phones, and other electronic devices." [21] Cyberbullying can occur 24 hours a day, seven days a week. [22] In August 2008, the California State Legislature passed a law directly related with cyber-bullying ...
Cyberbullying (cyberharassment or online bullying) is a form of bullying or harassment using electronic means. Since the 2000s, it has become increasingly common, especially among teenagers and adolescents, due to young people's increased use of social media. [1] Related issues include online harassment and trolling.
Australia does not have specific cyberbullying legislation, although the scope of existing laws can be extended to deal with cyberbullying. State laws can deal with some forms of cyberbullying, such as documents containing threats, [4] and threats to destroy and damage property.
This is one of the first comprehensive cyberbullying and cyberstalking state laws that protects children and adults from harassment on social networking sites. The bill is a reaction to Lori Drew's case dismissal [ 15 ] and Governor Matt Blunt , the politician who signed the law into effect states, "[Missouri] needs tough laws to protect its ...
Brodie's Law, formally the Crimes Amendment (Bullying) Act 2011, was an amendment to the Victorian Crimes Act 1958 which makes serious bullying an offence punishable by a maximum penalty of 10 years' imprisonment. The law is named after Brodie Panlock, a 19-year-old who took her own life after being bullied at work.
The legislation was originally introduced by Brendan Howlin in 2017. [1]In 2020 three Jackie Fox, Mary Sheehan and Aisling O'Neil and the March for Justice Ireland group presented a petition with 33,000 signatures to Brendan Howlin and James Lawless calling for the criminalisation of cyberbullying.
The law made cyberbullying a misdemeanor offense punishable by up to one year in jail with a $1000 fine. One month after the law went into effect, the defendant Marquan M., a 16-year-old high school student, created a Facebook page under a pseudonym where he posted photos of classmates accompanied by descriptions of their alleged sexual ...
United States v. Drew, 259 F.R.D. 449 (C.D. Cal. 2009), [1] was an American federal criminal case in which the U.S. government charged Lori Drew with violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) over her alleged cyberbullying of her 13-year-old neighbor, Megan Meier, who had died of suicide.