Federal cyberstalking laws
Federal law provides a number of important tools that are available
to combat cyberstalking. Under 18 U.S.C. 875(c), it is a federal crime,
punishable by up to five years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000,
to transmit any communication in interstate or foreign commerce containing
a threat to injure the person of another. Section 875(c) applies to any
communication actually transmitted in interstate or foreign commerce -
thus it includes threats transmitted in interstate or foreign commerce
via the telephone, e-mail, beepers, or the Internet.
