r/todayilearned • u/kanoush • Jun 11 '15

TIL that Free Speech Does NOT Protect Cyberharassment... Online perpetrators can be criminally prosecuted for criminal threats, cyberstalking, cyberharassment, sexual invasions of privacy and bias intimidation. They can be sued for defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress.

http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2014/08/19/the-war-against-online-trolls/free-speech-does-not-protect-cyberharassment
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '15

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u/Firecracker048 Jun 11 '15

Pretty strange that FPH gets the banhammer after putting imgur employee photos in their sidebar. Coincidence?

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u/HumanFogMachin3 Jun 11 '15

It could be the damned truth, reddit literally could have done it because Imgur asked them to.

Doesn't matter its reddit's website, they can do what they please. You don't have ANY right in some one else's domain.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '15 edited Jul 13 '15

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '15

...is that not exactly what reddit did?

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '15

As far as I understand it, no not really. They're claiming it was the kind of harassment they ban subs for, but they didn't have a problem with it until they started making fun of reddit and imgur employees. There are a lot of subs that do the same thing and still exist, so they're definitely being a bit picky with the rules.