Cyber Stalking Resources

If you find yourself getting unwanted attention whilst on the net, or indeed in Secondlife, the following web-sites may assist:

General

http://www.wiredsafety.org/

Australia

http://www.haltabuse.org/resources/laws/australia.shtml

http://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/sinodisp/au/journals/MurUEJL/2001/8.html?query=^cyberstalking

 

America

http://www.haltabuse.org/resources/laws/california.shtml

http://www.cyberguards.com/CyberStalking.html

 

Washington State Law

http://apps.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=9A.46&full=true#9A.46.020

 

Federal law provides a number of important tools that are available to combat cyberstalking. Under 18 U.S.C. 875(c), it is a federal crime, punishable by up to five years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000, to transmit any communication in interstate or foreign commerce containing a threat to injure the person of another.

 

Section 875(c) applies to any communication actually transmitted in interstate or foreign commerce - thus it includes threats transmitted in interstate or foreign commerce via the telephone, e-mail, beepers, or the Internet.

Canada

http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/cp-pc/crimhar-eng.htm