All Articles tagged social media

• Justice Commentaries
  January 22, 2024 EDT
  THE POTENTIAL FOR DEFAMATION LAW TO STOP HATEFUL AND FALSE ONLINE RHETORIC TOWARDS LGBTQ INDIVIDUALS
  Max Sevor

  The primary question this Albany Law School student note addresses is whether LGBTQ individuals targeted in social media by bad-faith accusations of grooming may seek recourse under defamation law.

• General
  March 28, 2017 EDT
  GETTING EVEN: EMPOWERING VICTIMS OF REVENGE PORN WITH A CIVIL CAUSE OF ACTION
  Jessica M. Pollack

  Criminalizing revenge porn is not the best method by which to seek redress against an offender, but rather, states should enact civil causes of action specifically against revenge porn.

• Justice Commentaries
  October 16, 2014 EDT
  PROSECUTORIAL MISCONDUCT IN THE DIGITAL AGE
  John G. Browning

  As this article demonstrates, prosecutorial misconduct arising out of the use of technology poses a particular concern thanks to the ease of use and inexorable spread of new communication platforms.