Man has allegedly posted about 4,000 messages about Woman on the internet, all attacking her character and professional skill.
Man also allegedly publishes a blog impersonating Woman.
Man has allegedly posted obscene messages on Woman’s website.
Woman tries to press charges with police.
But Woman lives in New York … and Man lives in Singapore.
New York authorities maintain that they cannot doing anything because Man’s criminal acts are in Singapore.
Singaporean authorities don’t seem to care about what Man has reportedly done.
Stalking via the internet is growing more widespread but is not so widely punished, in part because the legal tools to do so have not evolved as rapidly.
Stalking reportedly inflicts severe stress on victims, on a par with post traumatic stress disorder and crashing in a plane.
Some activists are pressing for uniform laws against stalking across various international communities, such as the European Union.
In Florida, stalking is a crime. Victims of stalking may also obtain restraining orders of protection against stalkers, called:
- injunctions for protection against domestic violence
- injunctions for protection against repeat violence
- injunctions for protection against dating violence and
- injunctions for protection againstsexual violence.
Read more in this Economist article: Cyber-stalking – Creepy crawlies – The internet allows the malicious to menace their victims.
