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The Texting Suicide Case Is About Crime, Not Tech
"And yet, according to Danielle Citron, author of the book Hate Crimes in Cyberspace, there are 21 crimes that have to do explicitly with speech—things lik…
Danielle Citron
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UW Resilience Lab hosts talk about cyber aggression’s toxic effects
"Speakers for the event were Ellen Taylor, associate vice president for Student Life, and Danielle Citron, professor of law at Maryland University and auth…
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Cleaning Up The Dirty
"“Richie is taking advantage of what I’d understand as something like a liminal state,” said law professor Danielle Citron, who wrote the book Hate Crimes…
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The man behind the neo-Nazi Daily Stormer website is being sued by one of his ‘troll storm’ targets
"“I think it’s an incredibly important lawsuit,” said Danielle Citron, a law professor at the University of Maryland who specializes in online privacy. Dig…
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Facebook wanted ‘visceral’ live video. It’s getting live-streaming killers and suicides.
"“It's amazing how performative people are in their cruelty,” said Danielle Citron, a University of Maryland law professor who has worked with Facebook…
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Internet 'Satan' busted on Staten Island after decades of harassment, cyberstalking
"Cyberstalkers often target women, and aim “to hijack the victim's sense of safety," said Danielle Citron, a law professor at the University of Ma…
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Facebook’s New Plan May Curb Revenge Porn, But Won’t Kill It
"To avoid those fiascos, the path forward requires both cooperation and codification. “With mushy categories like ‘extremism,’ you run the risk of censorin…
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Facebook takes new steps to stop ‘revenge porn’ images from spreading
"Companies can have a tricky time censoring user content in general, said Danielle Citron, a Unviersity of Maryland law professor who has researched online…
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'Unreal when it targets you': Faceless trolls attack online
"Danielle Citron, a University of Maryland law professor and author of the book "Hate Crimes in Cyberspace," said some state and federal official…
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Tweet that sent journalist Kurt Eichenwald into seizure considered ‘deadly weapon’ in indictment
"“This doesn’t even get in the door of the First Amendment,” Danielle Citron, a legal scholar at the University of Maryland, told The Washington Post. “It…
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It’s Time for Facebook to Deal With the Grimy History of Revenge Porn
"Nor was it confined to ex-partners. “Data breaches were starting to be a dime a dozen, and this is when people started hacking into women’s computers and…
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Twitter to police abuse in major shift
""Twitter has been proceeding carefully and thoughtfully in thinking through and rolling out tools designed to help harassment victims," said Uni…