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Under-Appreciated Existing Legal Remedies for Trolling, Defamation and Other “Malwebolent” Invasions of Privacy

Started by TLF · 11 months ago

Anyone interested in the long-running debate over how to balance online privacy with anonymity and free speech, whether Section 230’s broad immunity for Internet intermediaries should be revised, and whether we need new privacy legislation must read the important and enthralling NYT ... Continue reading »

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  • "Mawebowent"? That sounds like an accusation Elmer Fudd would make!

    Having been the target of an Internet harassment campaign which lasted for years and included multiple cases of threats and malicious impersonation, I'd say the best thing that can happen is for more lawyers to learn how to deal with such cases. I had to get an out-of-state lawyer (undoubtedly a common concern where Internet harassment is involved), and he was a complete shyster who drained me of lots of money without ever submitting anything to a court. The presence of more lawyers competent in Internet-related harassment issues would be a huge help.
  • Well said, Gary!
  • I'm basically an optimist in life but this doesn't prevent me from deducing as a scientist that we are probably doomed.VladimirChaloupkaVladimir Chaloupka, physicist, University of Washington, regarding mankind's potential misuse of technology

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