Bigknock
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We were just informed of a new law... which makes "Intentionally Annoying" someone via the Internet a "federal crime." The bill cleared the House of Representatives, and the Senate unanimously approved it Dec. 16.
President Bush signed into law a prohibition on posting annoying Web messages or sending annoying e-mail messages without disclosing your true identity.
"Whoever...utilizes any device or software that can be used to originate telecommunications or other types of communications that are transmitted, in whole or in part, by the Internet... without disclosing his identity and with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass any person...who receives the communications...may be fined under title 18 or imprisoned not more than two years, or both."
Buried deep in the new law is Sec. 113, an innocuously titled bit called "Preventing Cyberstalking." rewrites existing telephone harassment law to prohibit anyone from using the Internet "without disclosing his identity and with intent to annoy."
dont know how they are going to inforce this, but that means alot of people are going to jail....lol