Online Engagement on Equal Terms
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-9-2015
Language
en-US
Abstract
In 2007, when the media started covering the phenomenon of cyber harassment, the public’s reaction was disheartening. Although the abuse often involved threats, defamation, and privacy invasions, commentators dismissed it as “no big deal.” Harassment was viewed as part of the bargain of online engagement. Proposals for legal intervention were met with fierce opposition because law could jeopardize the Internet’s role as a forum for public discourse. Curiously absent from discussions about the Internet’s speech-facilitating role was individuals’ difficulty expressing themselves in the face of online assaults.
Recommended Citation
Danielle K. Citron,
Online Engagement on Equal Terms
,
in
Boston University Law Review Annex
(2015).
Available at:
https://scholarship.law.bu.edu/shorter_works/53
Publisher URL
https://ssrn.com/abstract=2671837
