"Forty states have laws addressing cyber-harassment, according to a tally by the National Conference of State Legislatures, which make it illegal to intentionally annoy, terrify or torment a person online. But these laws are severely underenforced, according to Danielle Citron, a professor at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law and the author of the forthcoming book “Hate Crimes in Cyberspace.”
“They have no idea how to turn on the Internet, let alone figure out what this is,” she explains. “... Or often they’ll say, ‘Turn your computer off. Boys will be boys.’ They just don’t get how important it is, so often victims have to educate the officers.”"
- Date Published:12/12/2013
- Original Publication:Al Jazeera America