Is an illegal action in real life a punishable crime if it happens on the Internet? According to current developments, in states such as Pennsylvania and Florida, threats and harassment are considered illegal and punishable in court. A threat, according to Dictionary.com, is a statement of intent to inflict pain, injury, damage, or other hostile action on someone as punishment for something done or not done. When a person intentionally uses social media to verbally threaten someone, this is a crime in Florida. In the 2013 case O'Leary V. State, Timothy Ryan O'Leary was charged with a crime due to a Florida statute that makes it illegal to send any type of communication that threatens serious physical harm or threatens death ( Snyder,