Online Annoyance
A new law protects you from annoying anonymous emails and online comments.
Annoying Online Posts Could Be Illegal
Writing annoying, anonymous online posts or e-mails could land you in jail for as long as two years. That’s according to the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005, which was signed into law last week.
According to a section of the act, anyone who uses the Internet anonymously “with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass another person” can be tried for violating federal telecommunications law and face fines or jail.
