Hate Crimes in Cyberspace / Danielle Keats Citron.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Citron, Danielle Keats, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cyberbullying.

Cyberstalking.

Hate crimes.

Computer crimes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (310 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Most Internet users are familiar with trolling-aggressive, foul-mouthed posts designed to elicit angry responses in a site's comments. Less familiar but far more serious is the way some use networked technologies to target real people, subjecting them, by name and address, to vicious, often terrifying, online abuse. In an in-depth investigation of a problem that is too often trivialized by lawmakers and the media, Danielle Keats Citron exposes the startling extent of personal cyber-attacks and proposes practical, lawful ways to prevent and punish online harassment. A refutation of those who claim that these attacks are legal, or at least impossible to stop, Hate Crimes in Cyberspace reveals the serious emotional, professional, and financial harms incurred by victims. Persistent online attacks disproportionately target women and frequently include detailed fantasies of rape as well as reputation-ruining lies and sexually explicit photographs. And if dealing with a single attacker's "revenge porn" were not enough, harassing posts that make their way onto social media sites often feed on one another, turning lone instigators into cyber-mobs. Hate Crimes in Cyberspace rejects the view of the Internet as an anarchic Wild West, where those who venture online must be thick-skinned enough to endure all manner of verbal assault in the name of free speech protection, no matter how distasteful or abusive. Cyber-harassment is a matter of civil rights law, Citron contends, and legal precedents as well as social norms of decency and civility must be leveraged to stop it.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction

Part One: Understanding Cyber Harassment

one. Digital Hate

two. How the Internet's Virtues Fuel Its Vices

three. The Problem of Social Attitudes

Part Two: Moving Forward

four. Civil Rights Movements, Past and Present

five. What Law Can and Should Do Now

six. Updating the Law: The Harassers

seven. Legal Reform for Site Operators and Employers

eight. "Don't Break the Internet" and Other Free Speech Challenges

nine. Silicon Valley, Parents, and Schools

Conclusion

Notes

Acknowledgments

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

9780674744653

0674744659

9780674735613

0674735617

OCLC:

1013946363