At least there’s some legal recourse for sticks and stones. Words—at least when it comes to cyber harassment—might pose a more difficult challenge.
Last week, Illinois tweaked its stalking law to specifically include messages sent over social media, allowing businesses, schools and places of worship to ask for a restraining order in the face of online harassment. The move potentially gives the state’s beleaguered Internet denizens a leg up over those in North Carolina, where a similar stalking law prohibits stalking by electronic messaging but does not mention the phrase “social media.”
This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.
To view this content, please continue to their sites.
Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law are third party online distributors of the broad collection of current and archived versions of ALM's legal news publications. LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law customers are able to access and use ALM's content, including content from the National Law Journal, The American Lawyer, Legaltech News, The New York Law Journal, and Corporate Counsel, as well as other sources of legal information.
For questions call 1-877-256-2472 or contact us at [email protected]
