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[MorganGrayson]

It's illegal to annoy

A new federal law states that when you annoy someone on the Internet, you must disclose your identity. Here's the relevant language.

"Whoever...utilizes any device or software that can be used to originate telecommunications or other types of communications that are transmitted, in whole or in part, by the Internet... without disclosing his identity and with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass any person...who receives the communications...shall be fined under title 18 or imprisoned not more than two years, or both."

urb...thanks for the article. I pulled out a small part of it to quote, and I do so agree with Declan McCullagh, the author of the article. "Annoy"??? It's now illegal to "annoy" people?

Somebody call McGruff, the Crime Dog. I want the entire Executive and Legislative branches put under arrest. They annoy me.

There. We are now safe.