Japan’s parliament passed a bill on June 13 that makes online insults a crime punishable by jail time, following calls for harsher punishment spurred by the suicide of a female wrestler who was cyberbullied.
The bill, approved by the upper house of a plenary session, amends Japan’s penal code to include one-year imprisonment and fines of up to 300,000 yen ($2,234), as opposed to the current 30 days in jail and 10,000 yen ($75) fine.
