Japan's parliament on Monday passed legislation making "online insults" punishable by imprisonment amid rising public concern over cyberbullying sparked by the suicide of a reality television star who had faced social media abuse.
I wish I had a good source to give you. Unfortunately I only know about this because people I know have been subjected to it, and one person I know witnessed it happening (i.e. sat in on a meeting where a candidate was denied due to failing a background check for having parents in the JCP).
It's common enough that you can find people asking about whether it's true or not on stuff like Japanese Yahoo answers, but I'd rather say "I can't prove it" than trot that out as proof.
I wish I had a good source to give you. Unfortunately I only know about this because people I know have been subjected to it, and one person I know witnessed it happening (i.e. sat in on a meeting where a candidate was denied due to failing a background check for having parents in the JCP).
It's common enough that you can find people asking about whether it's true or not on stuff like Japanese Yahoo answers, but I'd rather say "I can't prove it" than trot that out as proof.