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Original Article 01/03/2011 The wild west of the internet just got a little less wild, though it remains decidedly west. California's SB 1411 (Fact Sheet) goes into effect today, making it a crime for you to be me (and vice versa). It could cost your friendly neighborhood sockpuppet $1000 and a year in jail. It remains unclear whether there will be special jails for sockpuppets, given that they can slip through the bars. The law prohibits impersonating someone else online. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 528.5 is added to the Penal Code, to read: 528.5. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person who knowingly and without consent credibly impersonates another actual person through or on an Internet Web site or by other electronic means for purposes of harming, intimidating, threatening, or defrauding another person is guilty of a public offense punishable pursuant to subdivision (d)...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues on January 03, 2011 (boomark / email).