Offensive Internet: Speech, Privacy, and Reputation - Hardcover

Levmore, Saul

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9780674050891: Offensive Internet: Speech, Privacy, and Reputation

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ISBN 10: 0674050894 ISBN 13: 9780674050891

Publisher: Harvard University Press, 2010

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Connects the absence of legal oversight with harassment and discrimination. Questioning the simplistic notion that abusive speech and mobocracy are the inevitable outcomes of technology, this title argues that misuse is the outgrowth of social, technological, and legal choices.

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If the evils of the internet are to be addressed without jeopardizing its benefits, an approach of just this sort is what's needed.--Michael Kerrigan"The Scotsman" (01/29/2011)

[This book] is for those who care how the internet has complicated privacy, speech and reputation, and for those who may have to rescue it from itself.--Liz Else"New Scientist" (01/15/2011)

The internet may be "offensive," and in some instances so repellent that international pressures can operate. But privacy, with its attendant injunctions, lacks any common definition that works in a global digital context, as this remarkably useful book--detailed, thoughtful debate at a level we haven't begun to approach yet in this country--irresistibly shows.--Peter Preston"The Observer" (05/29/2011)

Levmore and Nussbaum collected 13 stimulating and highly readable essays by leading legal scholars and social observers that describe the cultural roots of cyberspace misconduct and suggest possible solutions. The contributors present varied perspectives about the proper balance between free speech and protection of the vulnerable. These authors generally value vigorous social and political discussions in cyberspace. However, they worry that freeing online posters from legal penalties for deleterious statements and from the social norms that restrain individuals from injurious speech in the bricks and mortar world results in excessive amounts of harmful, low-value communication. They propose numerous creative approaches to encourage civility, ranging from new torts to compensate victims to structural changes, such as revised search algorithms to guide users away from cyber-cesspools.--T. H. Koenig"Choice" (10/01/2011)

Much writing about the Internet focuses on its remarkable capacity to democratize access to information, to provide a platform for previously marginalized voices, and to otherwise lower barriers and promote freedom. Levmore and Nussbaum explore the dark side of all this unregulated freedom and expose the truly vile and harmful speech that can flourish online. The roster of contributors, including many major thinkers on Internet policy and culture, is impressive. The book takes up the serious questions we must face as the net becomes not some specialized tool for technology enthusiasts but ubiquitous. What policies can we put in place to curb bullying and harassment while protecting free speech? What provisions can be made to protect individuals' privacy or to prevent false and malicious rumors from forever tarnishing reputations? This book is an essential read for anyone interested in exploring these questions. It is particularly powerful in its treatment of privacy, reputation, and speech (both the protection of speech and the regulation of it) as inextricably linked concepts...Indispensable! Scholars of Internet law and general readers alike will find this book informative, illuminating, and disturbing.--Rachel Bridgewater"Library Journal (starred review)" (01/01/2011)

In this remarkable volume, an all-star cast of scholars explores the Internet's dark side-- how the Internet can destroy reputation and privacy at warp speed.--Paul M. Schwartz, Director, The University of California at Berkeley Center for Law and Technology

A collection of smart, provocative, and sometimes bracing essays about protecting privacy, dignity and reputation in the digital public sphere.--Jack M. Balkin, Knight Professor of Constitutional Law and the First Amendment, Yale Law School

Anyone interested in privacy, reputation, speech and how the Internet has complicated all three should read these thought-provoking essays from some of the brightest minds in the legal academy. This collection deserves a place in the Internet law canon.--Paul Ohm, University of Colorado Law School

More and more, the Internet is not only a technological frontier, but a place where people are settling in to live their lives as consumers, workers, friends, and every other permutation of social being. And where society is, we can expect problems of speech, privacy, and reputation. "The Offensive Internet" promises to be a "go-to" volume for those involved in and seeking to enter the debate about these extremely pressing concerns.--Katherine J. Strandburg, Professor of Law, New York University"

About the Author:

Saul Levmore is the William B. Graham Professor of Law at the University of Chicago Law School. Martha C. Nussbaum is Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics Department of Philosophy, Law School, and Divinity School at the University of Chicago. She is the author of many books, including Poetic Justice, Love's Knowledge, and The Fragility of Goodness.

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