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Miss. Code Ann. § 97-45-17: Posting of messages through electronic media for purpose of causing injury to any person; penalties.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 97. Crimes
- Chapter 45. Computer Crimes and Identity Theft
(1) A person shall not post a message for the purpose of causing injury to any person through the use of any medium of communication, including the Internet or a computer, computer program, computer system or computer network, or other electronic medium of communication without the victim’s consent, for the purpose of causing injury to any person.
(2) A person who violates this section, upon conviction, shall be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than five (5) years or a fine of not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), or both.
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