Re: Cyber Civil Rights, by Danielle Keats Citron
Posted: Fri Sep 27, 2013 7:14 am
Cyber Civil Rights, by Danielle Keats Citron wrote:A third possible argument for immunizing website operators is to discourage litigation. To be sure, other areas of Internet law seek alternatives to litigation.401 These alternative dispute resolution mechanisms, however, address problems in which ex post remedies are relatively effective and where deterrence is not vital. Online mobs, however, do not operate in good faith. If undeterred, they will continue their attacks, quite willing to have some postings removed – often only after their victims suffer irreparable reputational injuries and the malicious postings have spread across the Internet. Avoidance of unnecessary litigation is a legitimate and important goal, but it too is best addressed in setting the standard of conduct expected from website operators.