“A new proposal in Congress is threatening fines and jail time for what it calls ‘cyberbullying’ – communications that include e-mails and text messages that ’cause substantial emotional distress.’”

“The vague generalities are included in H.R. 1966 by California Democrat Linda Sanchez and about a dozen co-sponsors.”

Hostile bloggers facing fines, jail?: Proposal “comes close to making it federal offense to log onto Internet.”

Tags: censorship

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