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When Government Rules by Software, Citizens Are Left in the Dark
"Danielle Citron, a law professor at the University of Maryland, says that pressure from state attorneys general, court cases, and even legislation will be…
Danielle Citron
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What We Learn From Government Speech About Hate
The bombing of a mosque and community center in suburban Minneapolis 10 days ago and the horrific events in Charlottesville, Va., over the weekend are just the…
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Senate Crackdown on Online Sex Trafficking Hits Opposition
"For Danielle Citron, a law professor at the University of Maryland, the bill’s language — in particular phrases like “assist, support or facilitate sex tr…
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To thwart the trolls, social-media sites should require users' real names
"“Trolling is a terrible problem,” acknowledged Ryan Calo, an assistant law professor at the University of Washington who specializes in technology issues.…
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Twitter crackdown on abuse raises question: Do the rules apply to Trump?
"“For our democracy, I think we should all see what Trump is saying,” says council member Danielle Citron, a professor at the University of Maryland School…
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Twitter says it's making progress battling abusive behavior
"Twitter's renewed focus on harassment is a "completely different mindset" from several years ago, said Danielle Citron, a University of Mary…
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Trump Lawyer Marc Kasowitz Threatens Stranger in Emails: ‘Watch Your Back , Bitch’
"When considering whether words constitute a true threat versus protected speech, “the threat has to be credible and the person has to intend to make the v…
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Sorry, But You Need to Care About Blac Chyna and Rob Kardashian
"Yet, those fighting to criminalize nonconsensual porn at an national level worry about the detrimental effects of a Kardashian revenge porn battle. "…
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Trolling victim takes neo-Nazi website to court
"US laws around hate on the internet date back to the earliest chat rooms and bulletin boards. By the '90s, they'd begun to address electronic hara…
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Facebook’s Secret Censorship Rules Protect White Men from Hate Speech But Not Black Children
"“Sadly,” the rules are “incorporating this color-blindness idea which is not in the spirit of why we have equal protection,” said Danielle Citron, a law p…
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In terror fight, tech companies caught between US and European ideals
"“It’s so easy to point to the need for internet companies to do more that that becomes a real rallying cry,” says Daphne Keller, the director of Intermedi…
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Youth is no defence when it comes to shameful online posts
"According to Danielle Citron, a professor at the University of Maryland Carey School of Law, and a leader in the fight against online harassment and reven…