Thrilled to be joining my panelists for this great Women’s Voices in Tech and Legal Hackers event in Playa Vista. DESCRIPTION How can technology and the law anticipate, prevent, and respond to targeted harassment of individuals online? Come join our expert panelists as we discuss community standard creation, victim support, and the ethics and operations of moderating…
As explained fully in this related blog post and the video below, I have been trolled, stalked and harassed by a defendant in a harassment case that I filed in December 2009. She ultimately made death threats against me and was convicted in 2015 of harassing communications and violating a restraining order. The presence of…
Lions, Tigers & Friends: Social Media Case Law Review (Excerpt) Last week, I was on a panel at the State Bar Annual Meeting entitled “Lions, Tigers & Friends: Social Media Case Law Review”. Below is an excerpt of my portion of the panel concerning criminal enforcement and ethical issues raised by attorney use of social meda.
Last month, game developer Brianna Wu received her 43rd death threat since the outbreak of “Gamergate” that featured the gentleman to the left in a video explaining how he would kill her. It was one of hundreds of threats received by her, game developer Zoe Quinn and feminist gamer critic Anita Sarkeesian since “Gamergate” began – none of which…
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Arizona, Hawaii Pass Once Controversial Cyber Crime Measures Hawaii and Arizona joined the growing list of states passing legislation to address cyber harassment, after initially triggering widespread controversy. In Hawaii, there was a great backlash against a proposal that ISPs keep at least two years of browsing history for its customers which was abandoned while…
BACKGROUND 1. Rep. Kymberly Marcos Pine Representative Kymberly Marcos Pine was elected to the State House of Representatives in 2004. She is currently the Minority Floor Leader. She represents District 43, which covers the areas of West Loch Fairways, West Loch Village, a portion of Ewa By Gentry, Puuloa, Ocean Pointe, Ewa Beach and Iroquois Point.…
Segment 1: Alan Dechert on Internet Voting Former CEO of Open Voting Consortium Candidate for California Secretary of State More Detail Segment 2: Hawaii Rep. Kymberly Pine on Hawaii’s New Cyber Crime Laws Authored 3 of 4 Bills in Cyber Crime Package Just Signed Descendant of Alexander Hamilton More Detail Today in History includes the…
Hawaii and Arizona have both recently enacted major cybercrime legislation addressing cyber-stalking and cyber-harassment. In both states, the some of the legislation was narrowed after initial drafts were accused of over-breadth. In the second segment, Hawaii Rep. Kymberly Marcos Pine, the Minority Floor Leader, will talk about Hawaii’s passage of her cybercrime package. The interview…
MEET MY STALKER Since 2010, I have been stalked and smeared online by a woman who was a defendant in a cyber harassment case I filed on behalf of a client. Here is a brief summary of what this is all about. OVERVIEW VANESSA KACHADURIAN is a Fresno woman in her 60’s with an extensive…
WHO@ RELEASES 2011 CYBERSTALKING STATISTICS WHO@ Shows How Online Trends Have Changed In the Past 12 Years February 22, 2012 – Working to Halt Online Abuse (WHO@) released their 2011 cyberstalking statistics, as well as cumulative statistics for the past 12 years (2000-2011). WHO@ is the oldest and largest all-volunteer online safety organization that has…
LISTEN TO PODCAST CLBR011812 WE ARE BACK FOR OUR FIRST EPISODE OF 2012 – A SPECIAL FIRST ANNIVERSARY EDITION. WALTER O’BRIEN Walter O’Brien (Scorpion) is the Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Scorpion Computer Services. Walter serves as a member of the Board of Directors for the public renewable energy company American Environmental Inc. He…
Cyber harassers: You can hide, but you can’t run Dan Tynan September 16, 2011 If you think using a false identity will allow you to slander or harass people online, think again. Anonymity will not save you. You gotta love the InterWebs. You can get away with saying practically anything about anybody– and if you…
Court to Google: Tell NYer who posted about her October 20, 2010 “There’s a tension there — there’s a First Amendment right to be able to speak anonymously, but there’s no First Amendment right to violate the law,” said Bennet G. Kelley, a Santa Monica, Calif., attorney who specializes in Internet law. “People think: ‘It’s…
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