On this particular question members may also be interested in this  

recent decision of the Supreme Court of South Africa, Le Roux v Dey,  

which has some fairly memorable facts (Le Roux v Dey [2010] ZASCA 41)  

http://www.saflii.org/za/cases/ZASCA/2010/41.html

Hector

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Quoting Andrew Tettenborn <A.M.Tettenborn@exeter.ac.uk>:

> 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.

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> Best

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> Andrew

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