FCC Chairman Ajit Pai speaking at the National Press Club in October.
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A guy who sent out e-mails threatening to eliminate the household of Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai has actually been sentenced to more than one and a half years in jail.
Markara Man, 33, of Norwalk, California, sent out e-mails in late 2017 declaring that Pai had actually triggered a small’s suicide by reversing net neutrality policies and threatening to eliminate Pai’s household, authorities stated.
He likewise sent out an e-mail consisting of a picture of Pai and his household, authorities stated.
Man pleaded guilty to sending out the e-mails in August.
“Online threats of violence have real-world consequences,” G. Zachary Terwilliger, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, stated in a declaration on Friday. “Threatening to actually kill a federal official’s family because of a disagreement over policy is not only inexcusable, it is criminal.”
Sentencing minutes published by Ars Technica (PDF) reveal he was sentenced to 20 months in jail.
(If you remain in crisis, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255), or get in touch with the Crisis Text Line by texting SPEAK WITH 741741).
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