""We often see people who torment domestic partners will torment them and terrorize them with any tool they have, and that is on and offline," University of Maryland Professor of Law Danielle Citron told ATTN:. "It’s devastating but I’m not surprised."
"The truth about threats is they have to be targeted at a specific person, or clear from the context that it’s targeted at a specific person and implying and suggesting that physical violence is next," Citron said.
"That’s how we understand threats that are covered by criminal law," she added. There is no specific legal distinction between online threats and other threats, but they are supposed to be held to the same standards within the criminal justice system, Citron explained."