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Danielle Citron
"Danielle Citron has become a national advocate against and a leading expert on online stalking and online harassment. Citron, Lois K. Macht Research Prof…
Danielle Citron
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With The New Reddit Ban, Revenge Porn Loses Another Battle. Will It Lose The War?
"Reddit’s new policy “is terrific news,” said Danielle Citron, law professor at University of Maryland and author of Hate Crimes in Cyberspace. Though the…
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Reddit Has Banned Revenge Porn. Sort Of.
"Danielle Citron, a law professor at the University of Maryland and the author of Hate Crimes in Cyberspace, adds that Reddit’s rule sets a remarkably fair…
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Lawsuits’ Lurid Details Draw an Online Crowd
"In interviews, several plaintiffs’ lawyers said the current online environment was already deterring potential clients from filing suit. Now a Google sear…
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Hunter Moore Is Probably Going to Prison. How Scared Should Revenge Porn Kingpins Be?
"Bollaert and Meyering got busted for extortion after charging victims hundreds of dollars to remove their photos from their sites. So Moore may be going a…
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Activists in the war against revenge porn are finally seeing results
"Victims can sue the person who leaked the images and 16 states now have criminal cyberstalking or harassment laws that criminalize such situations, she sa…
Regulating revenge porn isn’t censorship
Revenge porn, also known as nonconsensual pornography or cyberexploitation, has been with us for a while, but only recently — with the hack of celebrities’ iClo…
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San Diego Man Found Guilty In Revenge Porn Trial
""It's a breakthrough case," said University of Maryland law professor Danielle Citron, who has written extensively on revenge porn and the l…
The dangers of being a woman online
A growing number of female writers and journalists are being subjected to intense harassment online, often in response to seemingly mundane posts or articles. E…
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Harris Touts Conviction in First-of-its-Kind Revenge-Porn Case
"It's unclear whether Bolleart was seeking protection under Section 230 of the federal Communications Decency Act, which offers liability in some cases…
The Decision That Could Finally Kill the Revenge-Porn Business
Co-authored by Danielle Citron and Woodrow Hartzog. Revenge-pornography websites are a reminder that preying on the vulnerable has long been big business. And…
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U.S. Government Takes Unprecedented Action Against Revenge Porn
"Danielle Citron, a professor at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law and author of the book Hate Crimes in Cyberspace, took a sligh…