NY introduces new Cyber-Stalking Laws. Do we need tougher laws to deal with this?

by Assassin~ Badass Buzz Guru Posted 2011/09/27 13:24:33

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	Yes we need to crack down on Cyber Bullying and Stalking	17 votes	89%
	No this is unnecessary.	2 votes	11%

Under Klein's bill, the crime of stalking in the third degree would be updated to explicitly include harassing a child using electronic communication.

To better reflect the nature of online interactions, the bill removes requirements that the offender initiate the contact and that the victim be a direct recipient of the communication.

Although it is already a crime to "intentionally cause or aid" another person's suicide, the bill would update the state's second-degree manslaughter statute to explicitly include cyber-bullying as a possible cause of such a suicide.

Senator Diane Savino, a Democrat from Staten Island and Brooklyn and a co-sponsor of the bill, said that although bullying has existed "since Cain and Abel," it has been transformed by the Internet and smartphone technology.

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Flowers 2011/09/27 14:06:10

Yes we need to crack down on Cyber Bullying and Stalking

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We need to better protect our children from perverts and psychopaths who are such losers they have to stalk on the internet and harass complete strangers. "to catch a predator" has opened a lot of people's eyes to the dark side of the net. Stalking and bullying is no different.
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Reverend Hell 2011/09/28 19:27:19

Yes we need to crack down on Cyber Bullying and Stalking

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While I do think there should be some kind of a limit on this, I also think that people in general need to live a little more in the real world, and stop stressing quite as hard about what's going on online- I know people, for instance, who LIVE in facebook- and will actually get pissed if someone posts a nasty remark on their wall.... despite the fact it can be deleted, and the offending person blocked.
If the bullying and harassing continues into the real world, ie, school, then OF COURSE something should be done about it.

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Tony 2011/09/28 01:52:11

No this is unnecessary.

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But then I cannot wrap my brain around the concept of "cyber-bullying"

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Reveren... to Tony 2011/09/28 19:29:12

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Weird, huh? Me either, but it's kind of like, if right now, I respond to your question with "That's because UR a dick. And UR Stoopid. :P" Then you respond back with another nasty remark, then we both cry about it...
I think that's the gist of it...

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K-ZOOMI-----0 2011/09/27 19:37:03

Yes we need to crack down on Cyber Bullying and Stalking

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Yes. This has gotten out of hand. Even here on SH it is a major problem. Maybe if jail time was given, this would stop.

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MBSVirginia BN-2 2011/09/27 18:34:03

Yes we need to crack down on Cyber Bullying and Stalking

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Cyber bullying is MUCH worse than the bullying of old. Noone could hide behind a fake face or name back then. We were confronted by our attacker face to face. Now, thanks to the annonymity of the internet, we are attacked by faceless, nameless, and brutal cowards who are relentless in their attacks. It is severe enough to cause our youth to commit suicide without ever knowing their enemy's identity. Those who are found responsible, regardless of age, should be held accountable and punished accordingly. I say, be strict and hold true to the law.

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Yuki ~ ♦Lion King of PHÆT♦ 2011/09/27 17:20:03

Yes we need to crack down on Cyber Bullying and Stalking

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I also like the way they've worded it. This way, people can't complain that they were 'set up'-- they have to seek out the other person to harass them and bully them, not be sought out and 'provoked' into doing it. Which is an excuse that some have tried to use. With this, it makes it abundantly clear that if you initiate contact and start harassing someone, it's all on you.

It's true that bullying has always been around, but with the internet and impersonal means of connection that we have, people have taken a "if it's on the internet, you can ignore it" attitude, and don't seem to realize that, virtual network or real life, it's still not okay. Telling someone to go kill themselves is not a joke in real life, and it's not a joke on the internet. Time to learn you can't use the "I didn't mean it, it was just a joke!" excuse anymore.

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Jack's Pearl 2011/09/27 16:13:35 (edited)

Yes we need to crack down on Cyber Bullying and Stalking

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Because it is becoming a very real world for many of us to hang out in. The offenses that happen are real and only an abuser would say it's not. "Don't take it too seriously." Yea right! Go on ahead and threaten me, but I'm not supposed to take it seriously! Joker.

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Manwë 2011/09/27 15:04:02

Yes we need to crack down on Cyber Bullying and Stalking

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New laws or at least reworking of current laws are always necessary when the medium used (ie. internet in these situations) changes.

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Flowers 2011/09/27 14:06:10

Yes we need to crack down on Cyber Bullying and Stalking

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We need to better protect our children from perverts and psychopaths who are such losers they have to stalk on the internet and harass complete strangers. "to catch a predator" has opened a lot of people's eyes to the dark side of the net. Stalking and bullying is no different.

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Assassi... to Flowers 2011/09/27 15:23:34

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HAHHAHHA Remember Chris Hansen on buzz?

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Cunning... to Assassi... 2011/09/27 15:26:54

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This character is based on an MSNBC lockup interview with "The booty warrior"..

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Flowers to Cunning... 2011/09/27 15:31:31

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LOL poor chris hansen, he was never the same after that

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Flowers to Assassi... 2011/09/27 15:29:38

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HAHAHAHA!!! I couldn't help but laugh at that one

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