>NewsScan Daily, 16 September 1999 ("Above The Fold")
>
>JUSTICE DEPARTMENT REPORT ON CYBERSTALKING
>Vice President Al Gore is expected to release a new Justice Department
>report on cyberstalking that criticizes many local law enforcement agencies
>for underestimating the magnitude and severity of the problem.
>"Cyberstalking is a very serious new problem confronting us in the
>Information Age," said Gore in a statement. Gore is calling for states to
>revamp their anti-stalking laws to include electronic stalking, and is
>urging that federal laws be amended to prohibit the transmission of any
>communication "with intent to threaten or harass another person" and that
>results "in reasonable fear of death or bodily injury." Fewer than one-third
>of states currently have anti-stalking laws that explicitly cover
>cyberstalking, according to the study, which reports that anecdotal evidence
>suggests the crime is on the rise. (Los Angeles Times 16 Sep 99)
<http://www.latimes.com/HOME/BUSINESS/t000082754.html>
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