"Last week, a prominent feminist writer abandoned social media after a rape and death threat was directed at her 5-year-old daughter. Online violent threats are not uncommon, especially for women and minorities, but when they are reported, police are often not responsive. How can law enforcement crack down on threats of violence made on social media?"
Ethically-tangled aspects of 21st century societies and cultures. In the vein of Charles Darwin’s 1859 “entangled bank” metaphor—a complex and evolving digital ecosystem of difference and dependence, where humans, technologies, ethics, law, policy, data, and information converge and diverge. Kip Currier, PhD, JD
Wednesday, August 3, 2016
How to Crack Down on Social Media Threats; New York Times, 8/3/16
Room for Debate, New York Times; How to Crack Down on Social Media Threats:
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