Global Medium, Local Laws: Regulating Cross-border Cyberhate (Law and Society) - Hardcover

Bastiaan Vanacker

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 159332331X ISBN 13: 9781593323318

Publisher: LFB Scholarly Publishing, 2009

Synopsis

Vanacker assesses how the legal paradigms regarding hate speech in the United States and Europe have been affected by the Internet. He finds that the Internet has not altered the way the United States and Europe address hate speech. A particular concern is how European countries can uphold strict hate speech laws against sites hosted in the United States where hate speech is protected under the First Amendment. Solutions to this problem are evaluated against a normative framework based on three principles: regulation should be effective, should respect the layered maturity of the Internet, and should be grounded in a representative concept of sovereignty. Vanacker concludes that European countries should focus on targeted hate speech, seek voluntary compliance from American ISPs, and enforce their laws on local ISPs and search engines.

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About the Author

Bastiaan Vanacker is Assistant Professor at the School of Communication at Loyola University in Chicago where he teaches courses in media ethics and journalism history. He holds an MA in Philosophy from the Universiteit Gent, Belgium. He received his PhD from the University of Minnesota. His research focuses on Free Speech issues and communication ethics.

Edition details

• Publisher: LFB Scholarly Publishing
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 159332331X
• ISBN 13: 9781593323318
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 270