Create an e-Annoyance, Go to Jail?
Declan McCullagh writes on C|Net News:
Annoying someone via the Internet is now a federal crime.More here.
It's no joke. Last Thursday, President Bush signed into law a prohibition on posting annoying Web messages or sending annoying e-mail messages without disclosing your true identity.
In other words, it's OK to flame someone on a mailing list or in a blog as long as you do it under your real name. Thank Congress for small favors, I guess.
This ridiculous prohibition, which would likely imperil much of Usenet, is buried in the so-called Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act. Criminal penalties include stiff fines and two years in prison.
posted by Fergie @ 1/09/2006 11:54:00 AM
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