Proposed bills re cyber-harassment & impersonation

[Rob Tucker]

I think that there is some merit in an anti cyber-harassment law. Don’t know if the language in this bill is appropriate to the need yet. We will see how it works out in committee.

Some well publicized cases of teenage and young adult suicides driven by cyber attacks show the potential for very bad outcomes from a laissez-faire approach.

I believe that users of the internet should be subject to taking responsibility for their actions.

One case that comes to mind involved a college student live streaming his roommate having sex. The violated roommate ended up killing himself.

So a question to all in favor of “freedom”…

Does such an act (subversively filming and broadcasting private moments without consent) qualify as harassment?

Should such a violation of personal privacy be allowed and tolerated?


Just a discussion folks.....