MS SB2853

Courts must issue injunctions when a plaintiff proves by preponderance of evidence that a defendant violated a social media company's community standards or policies through communications on that platform.

Courts may enjoin the defendant, any social media company distributing or hosting the defendant's communications, or any corporate sponsor of the defendant or their communications if deemed in the interest of justice.

Criminal charges or convictions under Mississippi's cyberstalking statute (Section 97-45-15) related to the communications may be considered as evidence or proof that the defendant violated social media policies.

Amends the cyberstalking statute to define "harass" as a knowing and willful course of conduct directed at a specific person that a reasonable person would find seriously alarming, annoying, tormenting, or terrorizing and serves no legitimate purpose.

Effective July 1, 2022.