Cyberbully Bill Gets Cold Reception in the House

Filed under:Bill of Rights,Culture War,Technology — posted by 3wire on 10/1/2009 @ 1:10 pm

Finally something the on the Internet Congress doesn’t want to control. Probably because they realize this would put most of the Huffington Post Bloggers in jail.

From: Threat Level

Proposed legislation demanding up to two years in prison for electronic speech meant to “coerce, intimidate, harass, or cause substantial emotional distress to a person” was met with little enthusiasm by a House subcommittee on Wednesday.

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