Texas Politicians Want To Make It A Felony To Create Intimidating Fake Online Profiles
from the if-you-intimidate,-please-be-real dept
The latest in a long line of questionable "cyberbullying" legislation has shown up in Texas, where the legislature has approved a bill that would make it a felony to create a fake social networking profile with intent to "harm, defraud, intimidate, or threaten" anyone. Of course, that seems rather broad.Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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Filed Under: bullying, cyberbullying, fake profiles, profiles, regulations, social networks, texas
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"You point this end at something and pull that other thing"
"so what happens when I point this end towards me?"
"You go off to a magical place"
"I want to go to (where ever)" Bang...
I only dream it was that easy to take out some of these morons writing laws....
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Says the Anonymous Coward. LMAO.
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What article did you read?
Umm...the article you linked to did mention the Lori Drew case. It said that the law would not be applicable in that situation because the fake profile was not an actual person. It seems the legislation is aimed at making it illegal for someone else to make a profile impersonating another actual person and using it for said purposes. More of an identity theft thing. But I still see issues with the parody profiles or the freedom of a *sucks profile. Sure these could "harm", as you said, very broad and will open up to definition and feed the lawyers.
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remember, puff, puff, pass it to the left.
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Re: What article did you read?
Umm...the article you linked to did mention the Lori Drew case.
Wow. Don't know how I missed that. Corrected.
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Already Crimes/Civil No No's
With these positions already in place, what's the point of this bill?
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Re: Already Crimes/Civil No No's
(re-) Election.
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Re: You are a moron
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Damn!
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Understand that Texas doesn't report anything negative pertaining to Republicans, and this affects their world view. (This is odd, considering the current state of affairs in Texas.)
Step 2:
Research and realize that the police in Texas are more crooked than the criminals they lock up and the judges they appoint. Look into Marshall, TX.
Step 3:
Realize that the past 8 years were done under Texas Law.
Step 3:
Understand that Texas views, as shaped by the media (see #1), are not the views of America as a whole.
Step 4:
Create profiles like 'mmasnick' when they first come available. Use the name Mich Masnickoloski with passwords like 'carlocarlocarlo' This is only done at websites that they own. More of a term of endearment than anything else. See what they do.
Step 5:
Show America how Fucked up Texas is.
Step 6:
Support Texas Succession.
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everyone on the internet is 50 year old fat guy named morty. especially women.
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Re: Unsupported Judgement by a liberal AC
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Texas Taliban Terrorism..
We is gonna exacoot evvy ones ov dem!
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Not Infringe Free Speech
Defamation, for example, is not protected by the First Amendment. Likewise, false light (a form of invasion of privacy) is also not protected (Pretending to be someone online usually covers that), b/c the First Amendment does not protect false speech.
Note: the difference between defamation and false light is (1) defamation must harm the target's representation and (2) only requires an audience of one third party -- false light requires a widespread dissemination of the misleading/false statements, but those statements don't have to harm the target.
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Realize anything labeled "Texas" such as
"Texas" Toast,
"Texas" BBQ,
"Texas" Asshat,
"Texas" Waffles,
"Texas" Ego,
"Texas" Justice
Is really, a ploy to find out how willing you are to give up what you believe in.
Yes, everything is bigger in Texas. Especially the women. Tell me about your woman, Chuck? Does she Toast/BBQ/Asshat much?
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Don't mess with Texas you say?
GET OUT OF MY COUNTRY
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