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Website Proprietorship And Cyber Harassment, Nancy Kim
Website Proprietorship And Cyber Harassment, Nancy Kim
Nancy Kim
While harassment and bullying have always existed, when such behavior is conducted online, the consequences can be uniquely devastating. The anonymity of harassers, the ease of widespread digital dissemination, and the inability to contain and/or eliminate online information aggravate the nature of harassment on the Internet. Furthermore, Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act provides website sponsors with immunity for content posted by others and no incentive to remove offending content. Given the unique nature of cyber harassment, ex post punitive measures are inadequate to redress grievances. In this Article, I propose the imposition of proprietorship liability upon website sponsors …