Title: Cyberstalking — FBI
Headings: Cyberstalking
Cyberstalking
“By taking this one guy off the street, we may have prevented countless future sexual assaults. We also gave past victims some closure, which local authorities legitimately couldn’t do.”
“He was just harassing this lady, causing severe emotional distress. He was relentless.”
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Content: A federal judge sentenced him to 33 months’ imprisonment in April. “This goes on a lot,” Western said, adding that people should not share intimate photos over the Internet or social media sites. “ This lady lost $50,000, and she was extremely distressed. I hope other people will think twice about it.” Victims in both cases received support through the FBI’s Victim Services Division. What is Cyberstalking? It is a specific federal crime and falls under a federal stalking statute as part of the Violence Against Women Act of 2005. The law was amended in 2013 to include stalking by the Internet or by telephone and no longer requires that the perpetrator and victim live in different legal jurisdictions. The amended law in part makes it illegal to use “any interactive computer service or electronic communication service” to conduct activity that places a person “in reasonable fear” of death or serious bodily injury, or that causes or could cause “substantial emotional distress.” The law states the actions must be intentional.