Transcription of Cyberbullying Legislation and Case Law
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Cyberbullying Legislation and Case Law Implications for School Policy and Practice Sameer Hinduja, and Justin W. Patchin, Updated: January 2015. Created: July 2008. Cyberbullying Research Center When we first started studying Cyberbullying over a dec- these laws are infrequently implicated. Also, most forms ade ago, very few states had comprehensive anti-bullying of Cyberbullying do not demand formal (legal) interven- Legislation and none of those included specific infor- tion ( , minor teasing). Like traditional bullying, cyber- mation about Cyberbullying . Now just about every state bullying behaviors vary significantly along a continuum has something on the books related to this issue. What is ranging from isolated, trivial, and innocuous incidents to more, federal law can be implicated in certain cyberbully- serious and enduring torment. The problem is that few ing incidents, especially when student speech is being can agree on the precise point at which a particular be- restricted or if one's civil rights are violated.
bias) or civil (e.g., libel, defamation of character, inten-tional infliction of emotional distress) legislation, though these laws are infrequently implicated. Also, most forms of cyberbullying do not demand formal (legal) interven-tion (e.g., minor teasing). Like traditional bullying, cyber-
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