Civil Rights in the Information Age
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
2010
Keywords
Internet, abusive speech, harassment
Abstract
[This book focuses] "on abuses made possible by anonymity, freedom from liability, and lack of oversight. The distinguished scholars assembled in this volume, drawn from law and philosophy, connect the absence of legal oversight with harassment and discrimination. Questioning the simplistic notion that abusive speech and mobocracy are the inevitable outcomes of new technology, they argue that current misuse is the outgrowth of social, technological, and legal choices. Seeing this clearly will help us to be better informed about our options." (copied from the book's description on the publisher's website)
Disciplines
Internet Law
Digital Commons Citation
"Civil Rights in the Information Age," in The Offensive Internet: Speech, Privacy, and Reputation. Martha Nussbaum & Saul Levmore, eds. Harvard University Press, 2010.