Legislations against the bullying

United States

Legislation against the cyber bullying has been introduced in in many states of the US. At least seven states passed laws against digital bullying in 2007. Darden Prairie of Springfield, Missouri, passed a city ordinance making online harassment a crime. The city of St. Charles, Missouri has passed a similar ordinance. Missouri is among other states where lawmakers are pursuing state legislation; with a task forces expected to have “cyber bullying” laws drafted and implemented. In June, 2008, Rep. Linda Sanchez  and Rep. Kenny Hulshof  proposed a law that would criminalize acts of cyber bullying. There is an example of cyber bullying:

Lawmakers are trying to fight against cyber bullying with a new legislation because there's currently no specific lawon the books that deals with it. A  new federal law against cyber bullying might address such acts,  but no one has been prosecuted under it yet.

                                     

In August 2008, the California state legislature passed one of the first laws in the country to deal directly with cyber bullying. This law gives school administrators the authority to discipline students for bullying others offline or online. This law took effect, January 1, 2009.

United Kingdom

A recent ruling first seen in the UK determined that it is possible for an Internet Service Provider (ISP) to be liable for the content of sites which it hosts, setting a precedent that any ISP should treat a notice of complaint seriously and investigate it immediately.

Cyber bullying is covered by a range of laws including criminal, civil and industrial laws. This laws can change in the different countries

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