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I Am Art Acevedo

Could the headline to this post, especially if written anonymously in a critical blog comment, lead to third degree felony charges? I didn't mean to harm Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo, but certainly I'd like to bring to ruin his plans to pursue anonymous commenters for potential criminal charges or civil litigation. It all depends on how broadly you interpret a new law that took effect September 1, described thusly by Chris Matyszczyk at Technically Incorrect:It so happens that Texas passed a state law [effective] September 1 that specifically targets those who "use another person's name to post messages on a social-networking site without their permission and with the intent to harm, defraud, intimidate or threaten." Such willful behavior is now a third-degree felony...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on September 27, 2009 (boomark / email).