Cyberbullying is punishable by up to a year in prison.
an insult means demeaning someone without a specific fact about them — as opposed to defamation, which it classifies as demeaning someone while pointing to a specific fact about them. “At the moment, even if someone calls the leader of Japan an idiot, then maybe under the revised law that could be classed as an insult,” Cho said.
Japanese officials pushed a crackdown on cyberbullying after the death by suicide of reality television star Hana Kimura, who was subject to online abuse. Her mother pushed for more anti-cyberbullying policies after her death. shows a relationship between suicidal behaviors and cyberbullying, though most research has been done on children and adolescents.“grossly offensive” public messages, and people have been arrested and fined for tweets. The language in its policies is also ambiguous, and courts decide what counts as “grossly” offensive on a case-by-case basis.Subscribe to get the best Verge-approved tech deals of the week.Please confirm your subscription to Verge Deals via the verification email we just sent you.
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