Law.com:  “Victim advocate’s case illustrates high-tech harassment trend.   In its short lifespan, texting has been blamed for all sorts of societal ills — for distracting drivers on roads, students in school and workers who should be minding their jobs.  But now it appears that text messages are moving, at times, from an occasional annoyance to something more sinister. Texting is becoming the latest way for angry people to harass or threaten others, especially estranged spouses or girl- or boyfriends.”

Related posts:

  1. MySpace Threats Reach Across State Lines
  2. Freeze: It’s the Twitter Police!
  3. District Court Ruling Clarifies Extent to which a Website Can Permit Publication of Illegal Content but Retain Communications Decency Act Immunity
  4. Business May Regret Suing Student for Alleged Defamatory Statements on Facebook
  5. Online Bullies Pull Schools Into the Fray
  6. The New York Times’ WikiLeaks Hypocrisy
  7. New Laws Govern Guns, Web, Banks
  8. Legal Protection For Unattractive People?
  9. Arizona Internet Censorship Bill On Hold
  10. Supreme Court May Uphold Key Provision of Arizona’s Illegal Immigrant Law