Cyber Bullying

Casey Ojeda
Cyber Bullying

Article on Cyber-Bullying
Mitchell H. Rubinstein
February 6, 2011
http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/adjunctprofs/2011/02/article-on-cyber-bullying.html

Summary:

The court of New York does not recognize cyber bullying as an cognizable tort of action. Reviewing the case, the jurisdiction sees this differently. The court examines the context analysis in depth. Being in war with the use of writing is a crime.

Relevance:

This topic is relevance to the internet world because many users communicate through either e-mail, social network, or messengers. Users must be careful with the text or words they use when communicating online. it’s a good thing it happens rarely.

Quote:

“In the absence of a contextual analysis—present in New York's defamation law, but missing from many of the proposed and existing cyber-bullying laws—this kind of communication, familiar to anyone who has ever been in a "flame war," could become a crime.” According to this article it says that, “This is an important topic that is likely to spur more litigation. Law review commentary on this important topic would be most welcomed.”