As of December 1st, cyber-bullying is a criminal offense with a misdemeanor charge in North Carolina, under the new Protect our kids/cyber bullying law.

This new law joins several other new laws about to take effect in North Carolina. Some additional interesting ones are:

• Sex offender can't drive bus with children the DMV will be able to not renew a commercial drivers license for someone to drive a school bus if they are a sex offender.
• Sex offender registry/Liberties with student will add a new offense beyond just sex offense with a child.
• No texting while driving will make it illegal for anyone driving a car to text message or email while driving on a public street.

Sources: Check Out The New Laws Starting December 1, digtriad.com, November 12, 2009

Tags: North Carolina, Legislation, cyber bullying