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Elonis v. United States
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    Gamergate

    Supreme Court ruled in Elonis v. United States that cyber harassment alone does not qualify as a punishable crime. Proof of intent to commit a crime is necessary. However, critics of Gamergate have called such anti-woman harassment campaigns a form of misogynistic terrorism and have argued that such threats…

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    Supreme Court ruled in Elonis v. United States that cyber harassment alone does not qualify as a punishable crime. Proof of intent to commit a crime is necessary. However, critics of Gamergate have called such anti-woman harassment campaigns a form of misogynistic terrorism and have argued that such threats…

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