On the October 9th, 2014 edition of Your Call, we'll have a conversation about digital hate speech. Women are overwhelmingly the targets of cyber harassment. Some have even been chased out of their homes by the barrage of threats against their lives and families, while others have quit communicating online altogether. Is online harassment a civil rights issue? When is harassment illegal? And how should social media corporations and our legal system respond to threats online? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar, and you.
Guests:
Professor Danielle Citron, research professor and professor of law at the University of Maryland and author of “Hate Crimes in Cyberspace”
Danilo Campos, a freelance mobile interaction designer and developer
Web Resources:
Vox: One scholar thinks online harassment of women is a civil rights issue
Pacific Standard: Why Women Aren’t Welcome on the Internet
Slate: Twitter is Broken
The Verge: THE END OF KINDNESS: WEEV AND THE CULT OF THE ANGRY YOUNG MAN
Kathy Sierra aka SeriousPony: Trouble at the KoolAid Point
Danilo Campos: The Least Twitter Could Do
Model View Culture: Another Six Weeks: Muting vs. Blocking and the Wolf Whistles of the Internet
Model View Culture: “Internet Famous”: Visibility as Violence on Social Media
Leigh Alexander: But WHAT CAN BE DONE: Dos and Don’ts to Combat Online Sexism
The Guardian: Peter Nunn jailed for abusive tweets to MP Stella Creasy