Technology,
Government
Nov. 30, 2020
The shady side of the Communications Decency Act
In so-called “tea rooms” or “shade rooms,” teenagers post disparaging comments and photos of their peers with impunity and reckless abandon. They engage in online gossip and bullying with almost complete anonymity, and the subjects of their posts are hounded, haunted and sometimes driven to suicide by mean-spirited disregard for their privacy or feelings.
Christa H. Ramey
Of Counsel
Abir, Cohen, Treyzon & Salo LLP
Email: christa@rameylawpc.com
Southwestern Univ SOL; Los Angeles CA
In the 2010 movie "The Social Network," a young Mark Zuckerberg, after being dumped by his girlfriend, creates a campus website called Facemash by hacking into college databases to steal photos of female students, then allows site visitors to rate their attractiveness. In "Mean Girls," a burn book is used to spread nasty rumors and stories about high school students.
Facemash is alive and well in 2020, and the burn book has gone onl...
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