How to defeat Internet bullies

Effective solutions for ending – or even lessening – the abuse and online harassment that happens on the Web have been elusive to say least. But the cause did receive a strong endorsement recently when Twitter, Reddit, and Facebook all took harder stances against deplorable behavior on their platforms. What's more, over the past 18 months, 14 states have criminalized so-called "revenge porn," the act of posting online nude images without someone's consent.

But even though there's new attention focused on curbing online misconduct, driving that kind of behavior off the Web requires a more concerted effort. Danielle Citron, a leading expert on privacy and online harassment, says it'll take enforcing existing state laws as well as as broader societal acknowledgement that what happens online has real world effects, too.

I recently spoke about these issues with Ms. Citron, the Lois K. Macht Research Professor of Law at the University of Maryland.

Read the full interview at The Chrisitian Science Monitor.