Court rules universities may have duty to block websites that harass students

Re:Court rules universities may have duty to block websites ... by JoeAltmaier on Monday December 31, 2018 @11:40AM (#18795334)

Well, on that subject, of course the internet is the issue. Once something is 'in the wild' on the internet it is very, very hard to quash it. The old legal mechanisms are slow, certainly not the speed of the internet anyway. A 'viral' video on social media isn't something you stop with a libel suit.

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Re:Court rules universities may have duty to block websites ... by Nasrudith on Monday December 31, 2018 @08:02PM (#18798217)

I don't' think it is that new given anonymous bill postings before forensics were sufficient to identify a publisher. If everyone already knows that someone posted a bunch of pamphlets that stated that the governor is an embezzling child molester. Enforcement has always been limited by practicality.

Before forensics advanced sufficiently just a dead body in the street with no witnesses was a perfect murder.

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Re:Court rules universities may have duty to block websites ... by EpicEng on Monday December 31, 2018 @01:04PM (#18795891)

You can't unprint a libelous article in a newspaper either. You can sue them and they can print an apology, but you cannot erase history.

The internet poses new hurdles because information is so easily accessible, but we have to be very careful about imposing rules which restrict an adult's ability to consume information.

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