South Dakota to ban mobile flaming
p2pnet news | Mobiles:- South Dakota has declared war on mobile flaming, among other things.
A state law to be enacted July 1 will make ominous or annoying text messages illegal with penalties for violations including up to one year in jail and $2,000 fines, says the Associated Press.
“The statute will revise an existing law on threats and harassment to include not only traditional telephones but also cell and satellite phones, and computers hooked to the Internet by cable TV,” says the story.
It’ll be a crime to use electronic devices to:
- Terrorize, intimidate, threaten, harass or annoy with lewd language.
- Threaten physical injury or property damage.
- Attempt to extort money or valuables.
- Disturb repeatedly by anonymously contacting people.
But making calls will still be OK.
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Also See:
Associated Press – Governor signs textthreat measure, March 13, 2008
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March 15th, 2008 at 1:41 pm
How do you give someone “the finger” in ASCII?
March 15th, 2008 at 3:58 pm
“computers hooked to the Internet by cable TV”
What is “cable TV”?
March 15th, 2008 at 4:54 pm
It’s that device which our politicians watch… and think controls the series of tubes that make of the internet. God, I hate this place.
March 15th, 2008 at 11:14 pm
x-
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March 18th, 2008 at 7:40 am
4 garbage replies….what a waste
August 20th, 2008 at 11:41 pm
On the 1st of July, South Dakota have passed the state law if the people send any type of illegal text messages through mobiles they will be punished by the government.