On 11/06/2010 18:36, Jason Neyers wrote:

> Dear Colleagues:

>

> Would the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 be wide enough to protect

> a person from teenage cyber-bullying in the form of posting embarrassing

> pictures and demeaning comments about another teenager on the web as a

> form of revenge for some perceived slight?  I am thinking of the kind of

> behavior that does not involve threats of physical violence. Does anyone

> know of any cases dealing with this issue?

>

> Cheers,

>

>    

My guess is Yes, provided there's a "course of conduct." I have a memory

of a case in the English papers a few years ago when a jitled boyfriend

actually went to jail under the harassment legislation for posting lewd

pictures of his ex on the Net as a matter of revenge.

Best

Andrew

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LAWYER, n.

One skilled in circumvention of the law. (Ambrose Bierce, 1906).