# Albany County Legislature passes anti-cyber bullying law **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Off Topic\ **Created:** [July 1, 2011, 1:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/albany-county-legislature-passes-anti-cyber-bullying-law/259206 "2011-07-01T13:45:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Vovchandr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vovchandr/32/6275_2.png) [@Vovchandr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vovchandr)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 1:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/albany-county-legislature-passes-anti-cyber-bullying-law/259206/1 "2011-07-01T13:45:28Z")
Why do I have a feeling we will have the first major case? :rofl [http://www.troyrecord.com/articles/2010/11/11/news/doc4cdb8cbc93de9100390303.txt](http://www.troyrecord.com/articles/2010/11/11/news/doc4cdb8cbc93de9100390303.txt) > ALBANY — The act of cyber bullying now comes with a misdemeanor penalty in Albany County. > The Albany County legislature voted in favor of the anti-cyber bullying resolution, with 36 votes in favor out of the 39 elected officials. > At the last meeting, the bill was tabled so its definition could be amended. The act of cyber bullying now includes the act of communicating through electronic means by posting or disseminating embarrassing, false, or sexual information with no legitimate purpose in order to humiliate, torment or harm another person, said Legislator Brian Scavo, D-District 7, who noted that the word “repeatedly” was taken out of the original definition making it a stricter law. > While researching for the bill, he communicated with numerous families who had been affected by cyber bullying. > He plans to talk with the county District Attorney’s cyber crimes unit about the resolution. > Legislator Phil Steck, D-District 15, was one of the legislators last month who wanted to revise the bill by changing the “overly-broad” definition but keep the misdemeanor charge penalty, Steck said Apparently it’s been around since November, but it’s news to me so I’ll post it. ---
**Author:** ![Alpine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@Alpine](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Alpine)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 1:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/albany-county-legislature-passes-anti-cyber-bullying-law/259206/2 "2011-07-01T13:46:51Z")
:rofl ---
**Author:** ![DeathbyRT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/deathbyrt/32/6648_2.png) [@DeathbyRT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DeathbyRT)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 1:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/albany-county-legislature-passes-anti-cyber-bullying-law/259206/3 "2011-07-01T13:47:13Z")
Pathetic. ---
**Author:** ![Vovchandr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vovchandr/32/6275_2.png) [@Vovchandr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vovchandr)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 1:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/albany-county-legislature-passes-anti-cyber-bullying-law/259206/4 "2011-07-01T13:49:55Z")
Figures, first arrest was in Cohoes :rofl > The first person arrested under Albany County’s new cyberbullying law is a teenager from [Cohoes High School](http://www.timesunion.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=local&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Cohoes+High+School%22). > Marquan Mackey-Meggs, 16, was arrested for 10 counts of harassment and 10 counts of cyberbullying. Under the new law, cyberbullying is a misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in jail > The student is accused of creating a Facebook page called “Cohoes Flame,” in which he listed sexual experiences of female, and some male, students who were between the ages of 13 and 16. Detectives obtained IP address records to track down Mackey-Meggs. > Police said the student implicated himself as the person responsible for the writings and posting of the photos. He will be in Cohoes town court on July 7 on an appearance ticket. [http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Teen-charged-under-cyberbullying-law-1427634.php](http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Teen-charged-under-cyberbullying-law-1427634.php) > Cohoes Mayor [John McDonald](http://www.timesunion.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=local&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22John+McDonald%22) said he hopes **the case will be a cautionary tale for young people, as well as adults, that they need to remain civil on the Internet**. He said the new law will continue to be used against those that continue to use social media to bully others. [LEFT] > Read more: [http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Teen-charged-under-cyberbullying-law-1427634.php#ixzz1QtB0NtUy](http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Teen-charged-under-cyberbullying-law-1427634.php#ixzz1QtB0NtUy) > [/LEFT] We are fuuuucked :crackup ---
**Author:** ![Alpine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@Alpine](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Alpine)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 1:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/albany-county-legislature-passes-anti-cyber-bullying-law/259206/5 "2011-07-01T13:53:06Z")
Watch your language, bro. ---
**Author:** ![psi2high](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/psi2high/32/6320_2.png) [@psi2high](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/psi2high)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 2:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/albany-county-legislature-passes-anti-cyber-bullying-law/259206/6 "2011-07-01T14:13:31Z")
Oh fucking nut sack. Time for an i.p manipulator ---
**Author:** ![TASK](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/task/32/6683_2.png) [@TASK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TASK)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 2:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/albany-county-legislature-passes-anti-cyber-bullying-law/259206/7 "2011-07-01T14:39:29Z")
> [@AHH childhood memories NES styles](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ahh-childhood-memories-nes-styles/43547/3): > > Pathetic. ^ ---
**Author:** ![toomanycamaros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@toomanycamaros](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/toomanycamaros)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 3:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/albany-county-legislature-passes-anti-cyber-bullying-law/259206/8 "2011-07-01T15:58:07Z")
> [@4:20](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/4-20/30408/252): > > Figures, first arrest was in Cohoes :rofl > > [http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Teen-charged-under-cyberbullying-law-1427634.php](http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Teen-charged-under-cyberbullying-law-1427634.php) > > We are fuuuucked :crackup Sounds like the guy in this case is a flaming asshole and deserves whats coming to him. Is it a lame law yes, but the whole cyber bullying thing does have some legit claims. Personally I feel prosecuting offenders like the guy above especially when the “bullying” involves minors is justified. ---
**Author:** ![HudsonFalcon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hudsonfalcon/32/6460_2.png) [@HudsonFalcon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HudsonFalcon)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 4:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/albany-county-legislature-passes-anti-cyber-bullying-law/259206/9 "2011-07-01T16:34:13Z")
Wow Big Brother is out of control. ---
**Author:** ![AUDI\_JAY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@AUDI\_JAY](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AUDI_JAY)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2011, 6:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/albany-county-legislature-passes-anti-cyber-bullying-law/259206/10 "2011-07-02T06:25:13Z")
> [@WTB: s10 2.2 liter motor ASAP](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtb-s10-2-2-liter-motor-asap/43242/19): > > Sounds like the guy in this case is a flaming asshole and deserves whats coming to him. Is it a lame law yes, but the whole cyber bullying thing does have some legit claims. Personally I feel prosecuting offenders like the guy above especially when the “bullying” involves minors is justified. def agree in this example ---
**Author:** ![TracEy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tracey/32/6561_2.png) [@TracEy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TracEy)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2011, 1:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/albany-county-legislature-passes-anti-cyber-bullying-law/259206/11 "2011-07-02T13:49:13Z")
oh for christ sake. people need to turn their computers off if they can’t handle the internet. ---
**Author:** ![jdaniels](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jdaniels/32/6399_2.png) [@jdaniels](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jdaniels)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2011, 8:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/albany-county-legislature-passes-anti-cyber-bullying-law/259206/12 "2011-07-02T20:00:23Z")
> [@FS: 1984 honda spree](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-1984-honda-spree/43544/14): > > oh for christ sake. people need to turn their computers off if they can’t handle the internet. :lol EXACTLY! +rep ---
**Author:** ![88slowmarro](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/88slowmarro/32/6339_2.png) [@88slowmarro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/88slowmarro)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2011, 9:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/albany-county-legislature-passes-anti-cyber-bullying-law/259206/13 "2011-07-02T21:40:28Z")
i got a crisp 100 dollar bill saying failvis will start runnin mouth again and we will get sued . just sayin ---
**Author:** ![Norwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Norwood](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Norwood)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2011, 9:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/albany-county-legislature-passes-anti-cyber-bullying-law/259206/14 "2011-07-02T21:45:49Z")
Why is everyone such babys these days? Wahhhhhh people were mean to me on the internets. ---
**Author:** ![Cossey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Cossey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Cossey)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2011, 8:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/albany-county-legislature-passes-anti-cyber-bullying-law/259206/15 "2011-07-03T08:07:09Z")
> [@FS: 1994 Acura Integra LS 4-door, JDM swapped.](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-1994-acura-integra-ls-4-door-jdm-swapped/41673/9): > > i got a crisp 100 dollar bill saying failvis will start runnin mouth again and we will get sued . just sayin Epicness would ensue. ---
**Author:** ![Boxersix](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxersix/32/6327_2.png) [@Boxersix](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Boxersix)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2011, 10:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/albany-county-legislature-passes-anti-cyber-bullying-law/259206/16 "2011-07-03T10:34:35Z")
Just a more serious reason to employ ban stick on the forum :dunno ---
**Author:** ![RocketPunch](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rocketpunch/32/6429_2.png) [@RocketPunch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RocketPunch)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2011, 12:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/albany-county-legislature-passes-anti-cyber-bullying-law/259206/17 "2011-07-03T12:28:50Z")
No problem for me. I prefer face to face bullying anyway. :rofl ---
**Author:** ![love4boost](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/love4boost/32/6658_2.png) [@love4boost](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/love4boost)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2011, 5:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/albany-county-legislature-passes-anti-cyber-bullying-law/259206/18 "2011-07-03T17:22:36Z")
This fucking state is getting out of hand, these pricks making laws musta gotten bullied, beat up and fucked in the ass as kids to pass such a stupid law. Seriously WTF is next, you already have to be 18 yrs old to buy a damn redbull now…holy shit. ---
**Author:** ![Mk4\_30R\_Ban](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mk4_30r_ban/32/6347_2.png) [@Mk4\_30R\_Ban](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mk4_30R_Ban)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2011, 5:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/albany-county-legislature-passes-anti-cyber-bullying-law/259206/19 "2011-07-03T17:23:51Z")
> [@Street-race crash kills 7 in crowd](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/street-race-crash-kills-7-in-crowd/43531/44): > > This fucking state is getting out of hand, these pricks making laws musta gotten bullied, beat up and fucked in the ass as kids to pass such a stupid law. Seriously WTF is next, you already have to be 18 yrs old to buy a damn redbull now…holy shit. i feel bullied… im calling MTV and the police. ---
**Author:** ![love4boost](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/love4boost/32/6658_2.png) [@love4boost](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/love4boost)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2011, 5:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/albany-county-legislature-passes-anti-cyber-bullying-law/259206/20 "2011-07-03T17:24:15Z")
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