Noah Hampson (Boston College Law School) has posted “Hacktivism, Anonymous & a New Breed of Protest in a Networked World”, Boston College International and Comparative Law Review, Forthcoming. The abstract reads:
This paper explores the existing legal regimes in the US and the UK governing hacktivism,. It argues for First Amendment protection for a narrow subset of certain forms of hacktivism.
Download the paper via SSRN here.
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October 5, 2011 at 4:42 pm |
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