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Anonymous:
I'm not this Karen person, don't even know her.  I'm just saying that it's wrong to bother strangers by posting their numbers at a place like this. And I think if someone does this (or allows the number to remain) they ought to have to pay for inconveniencing the people they do this to.  I can't imagine why you would take issue with this

Deborah:
And how many more times do you need to make that point. I think we all got it the first time you expressed your opinion. What is this... four times now. We GOT IT. You'd like the poster of the phone number to have his/her pants sued off. Ain't happening. Give it a rest. Or go persue the creation of that legislation.

BuzzKill:
Well, wasn't this info posted publicly?
Its not as if someone has ferreted out this private information and made it public. It was publicly posted, by the very owner of the info in question.
All this Fornits poster did was copy and paste it over - which is done all the time, with all kinds of information found on the World Wide Web.

Anonymous:
The phone number wasn't posted publicly.  Someone just made an educated guess.  It was wrong, mind you, but educated none the less...

Anonymous:
Thanks Deborah>

Now that you mention it, there are all sorts of things that go on at this site that will make good examples of why existing cyberstalking laws need to be expanded.

One group that has successfully lobbied for this already is WHOA which stands for Working to Halt Online Abuse, they have a website (http://www.haltabuse.org, I think) dedicated to helping victims fo cybercrimes.  It's founder, Jayne Hitchcock, started the group after she found that her name and telephone number had been distributed online without her permission. She's been heavily involved in hearings and legislation on this topic

Other sites offering advice to online stalking victims are:

Cyberangels (http://www.cyberangels.org/information/about_ca.html;

SafetyEd International (www.safetyed.org)

CyberSnitch (http://www.cybersnitch.net/)

There are currently federal and state laws that have been used successfully to try and convict cyberstalkers and harassers (there's a comprehensive list of federal statutes related to internet crime on the Dept. of Justice website)---but more are needed and I just bet that there are people here who can explain this in ways that will bring about change.

I suggest that anyone who has been stalked or harrassed here contact one of these sites and see what can be done---and also use your story to show Congress what needs to be done.

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