Tougher penalties for 'online insults' in Japan

As part of Japan's efforts to combat cyberbullying, a prison sentence of up to one year and additional harsher penalties for online insults went into force on Thursday.According to the Kyodo news agency, the revised Penal Code also raised the ...

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