Cyberbullying v Freedom of Speech

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John Giles

Many people around the world reacted strongly against “cyberbullying” or cyber-bullying after the suicide of Megan Meier in 2006. She committed suicide after alleged online harassment by a fictitious “teen boy” who turned out to be the mother of a fellow school girl of Megan.  Lots has been written on the topic and lots of concerns have been expressed world wide, especially because in most countries, cyberbullying is not expressly regulated by legislation. The victim can often only rely on principles of defamation.

Cyberbullying occurs when someone is bullied, harassed, humiliated, threatened, embarrassed, intimidated, or targeted in some way through the use of information technology such as e-mail, instant messaging, chat rooms, pagers, cell phones or any other online services. This is the one side of the coin.

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