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Arkansas Code Title 5. Criminal Offenses § 5-27-610. Unlawful doxxing of minor on social media platform

Current as of March 28, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) As used in this section:

(1) “Communication” means the electronic communication of information of a person's choosing between or among points specified by the person without change in the form of the content of the information as sent and received;

(2) “Doxxes” means to publish private or identifying information about a particular person on social media with malicious purpose; and

(3) “Social media platform” means a website or computer application designed to facilitate communication between one (1) or more persons.

(b) A person commits the offense of doxxing of a minor on a social media platform if:

(1) The person knowingly doxxes or transmits, sends, or posts a communication concerning a minor to a social media platform with the purpose to frighten, coerce, intimidate, threaten, abuse, or harass the minor; and

(2) The communication causes the minor to be in reasonable fear of physical injury.

(c)(1) Doxxing of a minor on a social media platform is a:

(A) Class B felony if:

(i) Death of the minor occurs due to the offense; or

(ii) Monetary loss to the minor due to the offense is one million dollars ($1,000,000) or more;

(B) Class C felony if:

(i) Physical injury occurs to the minor due to the offense; or

(ii) Monetary loss to the minor due to the offense is ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or more but less than one million dollars ($1,000,000); or

(C) Class D felony if monetary loss to the minor due to the offense is five hundred dollars ($500) or more but less than ten thousand dollars ($10,000).

(2) Otherwise, doxxing of a minor on a social media platform is a Class A misdemeanor.

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