Cyberharassment
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Cyberharassment definition - hacker
(legal term)
As with cyberstalking,
cyberharassment is the use of cyberspace to harass a target. In Canada, by
legal definition, cyber criminal harassment is cyberstalking.
Cyberstalking—using cyberspace to control or terrorize a target to the point
that he or she fears harm or
death, either to oneself or to others close to her or him—is a criminal
offense. Normally, in Canada and elsewhere, cyberharassers can expect to deal
with legal civil suits, whereas cyberstalkers can expect to deal with legal
criminal suits.
See Also: Cyberstalkers and Cyberstalking; Harm.
Schell, B.H., and Lanteigne, N.M. Stalking,
Harassment, and Murder in the Workplace: Guidelines for Protection and
Prevention. Westport, CT: Quorum, 2000.
Webster's New World Hacker Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Bernadette Schell and Clemens Martin.
Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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