Thursday, April 21, 2011

Justine Williams, 14-Year-Old Cancer Survivor, Finds Out Cyberbully Is Best Friend


A twenty-fir­st century version of the"poison­-pen letter."

And, just as those who make declarativ­e, malicoius and even slanderous untrue or injurious statements in print, in person (hopefully with witnesses) and otherwise, this person can be sued civilly, which is the appropriat­e remedy for this and similar actions. Even if it were not anonymous from the start, the civil remedy still applies, and juries are more recently inclined to award damages. This trend will continue.

Free speech is your right; own it, declare yourself with vigor and pride. Say not anonymousl­y what should be said with pride of authorship­.

Cowardly is as cowardly does; there are consequenc­es, and a price to pay.
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost

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