According to a study of stalking by the U.S. Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics released last month,
Out of the total stalking or harassment victims documented in the country, 23 percent of the victims reported that the stalker had used some form of cyberstalking, such as cell phone texting or e-mail, to harass them.
Just to assess the situation below are the number of text messages handled by major wireless networks of US in the third quarter of 2008:
Verizon Wireless:____________________________90 billion or 9000 crore
[This number is double the number during the same period a year earlier]
AT&T:___________________________________80 billion
Sprint:____________________________________41 billion
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Out of the total stalking or harassment victims documented in the country, 23 percent of the victims reported that the stalker had used some form of cyberstalking, such as cell phone texting or e-mail, to harass them.
Just to assess the situation below are the number of text messages handled by major wireless networks of US in the third quarter of 2008:
Verizon Wireless:____________________________90 billion or 9000 crore
[This number is double the number during the same period a year earlier]
AT&T:___________________________________80 billion
Sprint:____________________________________41 billion