Stanford CIS

'Unreal when it targets you': Faceless trolls attack online

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"Danielle Citron, a University of Maryland law professor and author of the book "Hate Crimes in Cyberspace," said some state and federal officials are striving to educate law enforcement on the laws against cyberstalking and online harassment.

"We have a lot of the tools. We just have to use them, and they're starting to use them," she said.

Citron became a trolling target herself after she began writing about online harassment in 2008.

"I was never confronted offline, but I'll be honest: It wasn't fun," she said."