Clark Introduces Bill To Protect Victims of Online Violence, Cyberstalking
Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Mass., introduced the Prioritizing Online Threats Enforcement Act (HR-2602), which would compel the Department of Justice to enforce laws prohibiting online violence against women and to ensure protections for victims of severe online threats, said a Clark…
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news release Wednesday. Clark’s legislation would also give the DOJ and FBI additional resources and create a “mandate to investigate and enforce the existing federal laws regarding threats,” it said. Of the some 2.5 million cyberstalking cases in the U.S. between 2010 and 2013, federal prosecutors pursued 10 cases, the release said. Clark’s bill was referred to the House Judiciary Committee, which a staffer told us receives “thousands of bills” each Congress and “will review this legislation in time.”