MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972
As Amended

SEC. 97-45-17. Posting of messages through electronic media for purpose of causing injury to any person; penalties.

(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.

SOURCES: Laws, 2003, ch. 562, § 7, SB 2756, eff from and after July 1, 2003.


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