Sen. Silverstein Bullies the Bullies
(Springfield, IL) — Last week, State Senator Ira Silverstein (D–Chicago) bullied the bullies. Cyberbullies.
On March 12, Sen. Silverstein won approval of Senate Bill 2426 from a Senate panel to zap teen “cyberbullying” via the Internet, text messages, and e-mail. The legislation targets iHarassment, iTormenting or iTerrorizing a specific person at least twice, including posting Web site smackdowns.
The cyberbullies would be yanked from their gizzmos for up to one year in the slammer for a first offense. Yikes. Repeat iPests would be staring at 1-3 years in the pokey. Double Yikes.
Silverstein said that a poll conducted by Fight Crime: Invest in Kids showed that more than 13 million children aged 6-17 have been the victims of “cyberbullying” at one point or another.
The Senate Judiciary-Criminal Law Committee unanimously passed the bill, 8-0. Now the legislation faces all the genteel members of the Illinois State Senate.
iTrash-talk may soon get more painful.
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