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Dawson's bill, H7798, adds harassment by "electronic recording" to the acts that qualify as criminal stalking in state law, punishable by a year in prison or $1,000 fine.
(a) Harassment through electronic communications is the use of electronic communication for any of the following purposes: Making any comment, request, suggestion or proposal which is obscene with an intent to offend; Interrupting, with the intent to harass, the telephone service or the electronic communication service of any person;
Cyberstalking is the use of the Internet or other electronic means to stalk or harass an individual, group, or organization. [1] [2] It may include false accusations, defamation, slander and libel. It may also include monitoring, identity theft, threats, vandalism, solicitation for sex, doxing, or blackmail. [1]
Matthew Choi, a 30-year-old South African, who claimed himself under a V2K electronic harassment and made remarks about "being brainwashed through microwave" since 2015, murdered a taxi driver in Hong Kong on October 12, 2021. The case arose mass attention in the city, and the police described him as "extremely dangerous". [20] [21]
Reuters examined the details of the San Francisco case and another one involving alleged stalking through Tesla technology but could not quantify the scope of such abuse. An abused wife took on ...
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Cyberstalking is the use of computers or other electronic technology to facilitate stalking. In Davis (2001), Lucks identified a separate category of stalkers who instead of a terrestrial means, prefer to perpetrate crimes against their targeted victims through electronic and online means. [32]
At the news conference, Labrada's attorney, Jeremy Tissot, accused news outlets of rushing to judgment and mischaracterizing Labrada's actions as stalking — a label that carries a dark connotation.