Orlando enacts policy to make social media threats against schools illegal

The Hill: The city of Orlando took steps Monday to make it a crime to make threats on social media against schools, businesses or other buildings in the city, the Orlando Sentinel reported.

The policy, which will be enacted immediately, makes it a misdemeanor to make a threat against a campus. Previously, authorities could arrest someone who made a threat that’s deemed a hoax, but could not arrest someone for making a vague threat that isn’t carried out, the newspaper reported.

Such a policy change typically requires two public hearings, but city officials expedited its approval.

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