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textual harassment

Using a mobile phone to repeatedly send unsolicited text messages to another person. The text messages may be a form of sexual harassment, abuse or bullying via text. Victims of textual harassment can request their cellphone provider to block texts (and calls) coming from a specific number, but with the capability to text from computer, the perpetrator could still send harassing text messages to the victim’s mobile phone.



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