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Hate Crimes in Cyberspace

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Most Internet users are familiar with trolling―aggressive, foul-mouthed posts designed to elicit angry responses in a site’s comments. Less familiar but far more serious is the way some use networked technologies to target real people, subjecting them, by name and address, to vicious, often terrifying, online abuse. In an in-depth investigation of a problem that is too often trivialized by lawmakers and the media, Danielle Keats Citron exposes the startling extent of personal cyber-attacks and proposes practical, lawful ways to prevent and punish online harassment. A refutation of those who claim that these attacks are legal, or at least impossible to stop, Hate Crimes in Cyberspace reveals the serious emotional, professional, and financial harms incurred by victims. Persistent online attacks disproportionately target women and frequently include detailed fantasies of rape as well as reputation-ruining lies and sexually explicit photographs. And if dealing with a single attacker’s “revenge porn” were not enough, harassing posts that make their way onto social media sites often feed on one another, turning lone instigators into cyber-mobs. Hate Crimes in Cyberspace rejects the view of the Internet as an anarchic Wild West, where those who venture online must be thick-skinned enough to endure all manner of verbal assault in the name of free speech protection, no matter how distasteful or abusive. Cyber-harassment is a matter of civil rights law, Citron contends, and legal precedents as well as social norms of decency and civility must be leveraged to stop it. Read more

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Harvard University Press; Reprint edition (May 9, 2016)


Language ‏ : ‎ English


Paperback ‏ : ‎ 352 pages


ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 2


ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 02


Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12.8 ounces


Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.95 x 8.25 inches


Best Sellers Rank: #1,542,019 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #152 in Computer & Internet Law #191 in Science & Technology Law (Books) #523 in Sociology Books on Abuse


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    • Danielle Citron’s book is an eye opening, INFORMATIVE read!
As an avid user of social media, my intrigue re: cyberspace behavior is an increasingly important topic, so I try to stay abreast of things as best I can. Recently, I viewed a hearing via C-SPAN about this very topic & it was Professor Citron who made quite an impact on me. Immediately, I ordered her book & have found it to be an important resource of which I continue to use & share with others. To paraphrase Citron, [we have a lot of work to do to advocate & protect our cyber civil rights, but as digital citizens, we must finish the work together]. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on August 7, 2019 by Mary Pettigrew
    • Brilliant!
Professor Citron has written an important work of legal analysis. This should further the cause of justice and make the world a better place.
Reviewed in the United States on June 13, 2020 by Bill Scribbler
    • The entirety of the book is an argument to change the law but it's good at meeting that objective
I bought this for a high-level overview of the current remedies available to victims of online harassment. The very few cases in the book were presented to illustrate holes in the law instead of to describe the law in-depth as it exists today. Since the author is a law professor, I expected the book to be a bit more objective and descriptive in the case law. The entirety of the book is an argument to change the law but it's good at meeting that objective, so I give it 4 stars. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on March 8, 2015 by Shaq Katikala
    • Engaging and insightful
This was a very interesting read. I was assigned this for a class project but ended up enjoying it immensely. The author keeps you engaged and provides tons of examples throughout about how hate crimes in cyberspace can turn into hate crimes in real life.
Reviewed in the United States on February 16, 2016 by Haley
    • Fascinating Account of a Terrible Problem
Extraordinarily important book. It gets to the heart of very difficult conflicts between free speech and privacy, and sets an agenda for civil rights in the digital era. It is also a compelling read--once you dive in, you won't stop, as Citron is such a great storyteller.
Reviewed in the United States on September 10, 2014 by Careful Customer
    • A Great Book!
This was a great book! Informative and eye opening examples of the maliciousness that plagues our current society. Excellent and educated examples of how many atrocities can be rectified with enough caring persons banding together to take a stand against hate crimes.
Reviewed in the United States on March 18, 2016 by Scott L DuBois
    • A little dry great for those who know how computers work and how people can be on the internet.
Hate Crimes In Cyberspace by Danielle Citron is about where we currently are in the fight against cybercrimes, where she thinks we should be going, and why we haven't gotten there yet. In doing so, she examines the laws that protect victims and their harassers in an attempt to advocate for a sorely needed reform.This book would be suitable for readers ages 15 and up, because I think to fully understand and appreciate the book you have to understand that things like rape are wrong, and you have to know a little bit about computers so that this book doesn't scare you off a computer because that's not this book's intent. Its ultimate job is to make people aware and advocate or be a voice behind a force of change.People who might like the book can include but are not limited to up-and-coming law enforcement anyone looking to study the positive and negative effects on the internet. People who want to study participatory cultures, on the internet and people who just want to see how disgusting other people are when using the internet versus in person. This book is broken up into two sections, understanding harassment and a possible path to move forward. My favorite part was section 1. In section 1, she argues we can and should stop all forms of online bullying, and several different types of online harassment. And how the platform of the online world contributes to the larger audience of cyber harassment. You will also learn that cyber harassment does several detrimental things to a person's family, career, and social life. Pre-cyber-harassment people might have had a lot of jobs and job opportunities but because cyber harassment seeks to damage a person's reputation and credibility. As a result, a person who is a victim of cyber harassment could be mistreated at work because some people wouldn't understand that they are a victim and that they did not willingly participate in their own harassment. Cyber harassment could also make it harder on someone trying to find a job from getting a job in the future because most employers look at you through the internet and take you at face value so someone just looking in on you wouldn't be able to understand the context and might think that you had something to do with it when in fact you did not.This section also talked about how people's social attitudes prevent the progression of cyber laws. That is to say a lot of people think that the internet should be considered the Wild Wild West and should not be regulated because it will hurt the publication of free speech.Finally, this section talks about how the avenues harassment victims pursue their harassers and how wrong it is that harassment victims have to pay their own legal costs and that they don't get anonymity. This section also mentions the lack of training and tools provided to law enforcement, it is also pointed out that law enforcement themselves have some prejudices when it comes to investigating cybercrimes and for that, they are often reluctant to help victims of cyber harassment. In section 2 she talks about her... proposals to either create new laws regarding cyber-harassment or she offers her thoughts on how to strengthen the current cyber laws to be able to keep up with the current times. She also puts forth an argument to those who made claims in Section 1 about how limiting what can be said on social media will hurt new innovation and the expression of free speech leading to people not wanting to post online which will drive among other things down, like ecommerce. She says that is preposterous. What I liked about the book and what I didn't like Daniel Citron does a good job grounding her examples that pertain to her four subjects: the stalking victim the revenge prone victim and the cyber harassed victim. She also does a good job analyzing the shortcomings of the laws that would be used to protect those victims but that's it. I know there are several forms of cyber harassment but still, I think she is very narrow-minded. She only critiques the laws and individuals that would be available to help those individuals mentioned in the book. She does not take on other perspectives like the trolls. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2020 by Keagan Storm Watson
    • Fantastic
Incredible detailed, thorough, and intelligent discussion of a compelling modern problem.
Reviewed in the United States on August 29, 2015 by BareFace

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