Identifying anonymous or pseudonymous cyberbullies in civil suits
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Loading ...Though we focus on youth, we have had an increasing number of adults who call and email us asking for help regarding their own cyberbullying victimization experiences. Some of the stories we hear are extremely tragic and horribly malicious. Many times, we are at a loss for words that might help based on the fact that Internet Service Providers and Content Service Providers historically have not turned over subscriber (perpetrator) records in response to complaints from targets. This recent article, though, may portend an encouraging change. Specifically, a New York attorney (Steven Wagner) last year specifically argued that a model who was anonymously defamed online deserved to know the identity behind those insults so that he or she could be sued for defamation. A Manhattan judge agreed and ordered Google to turn over that information so that the plaintiff and victim could proceed with a civil claim. Following this ruling, victims of online harassment and defamation of character seem to have new hope that the legal system will help them uncover those who bully under the cloak of anonymity or pseudonymity in cyberspace. It will be interesting to see how this plays out in other cases….
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February 8th, 2010 at 10:21 pm
It is so horrible what they allow these people to do to others. Nobody would help me. The officials do nothing at all. Not even the highest offices will do anything to stop the bullies from hurting others. My life is ruined because of cyberbullies. I have so much depression because of what they did to my family and me. The civil case I have against them; the lawyer can NOT find her to serve her, nothing has been done to stop them from doing it to others. Please help me by calling and writing the senators and asking them to pass the laws I begged them to pass.
February 16th, 2010 at 6:38 pm
I am a lawyer with a client who’s being harassed directly and indirectly (cyber-harasment and defamation, also apparently gaining remote access to computer/passwords) and wonder how to press the ISPs/email hosts to reveal the identity of/owner of the source URL(s), etc. In California it sems there is no law directly on point, but harmful defamation, invasion of privacy and harassment is illegal regardless.
Anyone with expereince and info on how to pursue such a thing (in Cal or elsewhere) please share your experience and any suggestions. Thank you!
February 20th, 2010 at 8:17 am
Well in the state where I live (Illinois) they just passed their Anti Stalking No Contact Order in Jan. of this year. My daughter is the first one in our county and maybe the state as far as I know, to have to use this order against a fellow student in regards to bullying, sexual harrassment at school and now the internet. The No Contact Order prevents the student from contacting my daughter directly, indirectly via in person, 3rd party or electronic communications. This includes e-mail, fax, texting, the internet web pages such as Facebook, Myspace, etc. We do go to court on March 5 to have it continued for a full 2 years. The school needless to say has done nothing about this situation and they will have to answer to that for sure. I have to protect my daughter in the fact that on the internet I have printed pages where threats are going out to my daughter and so now we have been forced to pull her from school until they handle the situation. Which I might add does not look good for the school. I hope this helps
February 23rd, 2010 at 11:23 am
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July 10th, 2010 at 12:27 pm
ive been defamed every body looks at me like i just killed three familys i cant even go outside my house, dont no what has been put on comp.on a blog i read some of it and some body blocked it out
July 10th, 2010 at 12:29 pm
iv been rail roaded into hell i cant go outside of my house, what have i done