[Air-L] New Report on Online Harassment, Defamation, and Hateful Speech

[Alice E. Marwick]

I am delighted to report that my latest report, coauthored with Ross Miller
and the wonderful people from Fordham's Center on Law and Information
Policy, has been released.

Online Harassment, Defamation, and Hateful Speech: A Legal Primer

This interdisciplinary project focused on online speech directed at women
and seeks to provide a primer on (i) what legal remedies, if any, are
available for victims of sexist, misogynist, or harassing online speech,
and (ii) if such legal remedies and procedures exist, whether practical
hurdles stand in the way of victims’ abilities to stop harassing or
defamatory behavior and to obtain legal relief. The study concluded that
while online harassment and hateful speech is a significant problem, there
are few legal remedies for victims. This is partly due to issues of
jurisdiction and anonymity, partly due to the protection of internet speech
under the First Amendment, and partly due to the lack of expertise and
resources on online speech at various levels of law enforcement. Given this
landscape, the problem of online harassment and hateful speech is unlikely
to be solved solely by victims using existing laws; law should be utilized
in combination with other practical solutions.

The objective of the project is to provide a resource that may be used by
the general public, and in particular, researchers, legal practitioners,
Internet community moderators, and victims of harassment and hateful speech
online.

Download for free at SSRN:
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2447904

Please let me know if you have questions or comments!

Alice

-- 
Alice E. Marwick, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Communication and Media Studies
Fordham University
amarwick at fordham.edu
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