In the first systematic account of judicial rulings striking down cyberbullying laws in the United States and Canada, Sympathy for the Cyberbully offers an unapologetic defense of online acid-tongued disparagers and youthful and adult sexters.

Autorentext

Arthur S. Hayes , J.D., is Associate Professor of Communications & Media Studies at Fordham University. He is the author of Mass Media Law: The Printing Press to the Internet (Peter Lang, 2013) and Press Critics Are the Fifth Estate: Media Watchdogs in America (2008).

Inhalt

Preface - Acknowledgment - Anti-Cyberbullying Laws: A Sober Analysis through the Moral Panic Theory Lens - Cyberbullying and Free Speech - The Unnecessary and Unjust Creation of Virtual Juvenile Delinquents - "Enclaves of Totalitarianism" - Censorship Redux: The 21st Century Attack on the First Amendment Right of Public Criticism by the Use of Cyberharassment, Cyberstalking and Online Impersonation Laws - Image Control: Who Loses When Teen Sexting and Revenge Porn Are Criminalized? - The Short Life and Quick Death of the First Cyberbullying Law in Canada (August 6, 2013-December 10, 2015) - Cases Index - Subject Index.