Tracy Zona was ordered to "remove forthwith, all references to petitioner the family and legal representatives and make no further posting in re of any kind"; she was then ordered to spend five days in jail unless she removed the posts (which she did).
Yet the order (narrowed on appeal to 50 feet, but still unconstitutional) seems to have been based on pretty normal -- if acrimonious -- local political debate. We're asking the Ohio Supreme Court to review the decision upholding it.
Accusations against author Junot Diaz are pouring in, but not all allegations are equal.
The N.Y. Senate just unanimously passed a bill that would do that.
That's what D.C. stalking law, as interpreted by D.C. courts, calls for.
The councilman was Trayon "Rothschilds Control the Weather" White (or, if you prefer, Trayon "Nazi Stormtrooper Protectors" White).
A First Amendment violation, I think, notwithstanding the court's concern about the anonymous Tweeter's privacy.
One activist is ordered "not [to] post photographs videos, or information about [the other] to any internet site."
Rep. Michelle DuBois wants to remove a statehouse sign that reads "General Hooker Entrance" because it is an affront to "women's dignity."
Forbid the eggplants, but leave the winking faces alone, please.
Therapies that slow and even reverse aging will be a tremendous boon for both women and men.
Because "there is a First Amendment right to videotape police officers while they are conducting their official duties in public," that right applies even over the objections of the people being arrested by the officers.
Richard Rynearson's online criticisms of Clarence Moriwaki, the court held, were protected by the First Amendment, and thus couldn't justify an antistalking order.
The government's theory would equally criminalize insulting posts on a NRA page, or on a pro-Trump organization's page, or on a Communist Party page.
The New Jersey Supreme Court narrowly construes a ban on annoying conduct to avoid First Amendment problems.
No, says the New Jersey Supreme Court in an opinion that sharply limits the state criminal harassment statute.
Former student alleges the school screwed up its investigation.
Elizabeth Nolan Brown argues in The New York Times that we can thank "feminism, but also free markets" for the ongoing purge of predatory men.
Documents from a $27,000 harassment settlement from Rep. John Conyers' office show how Congress keeps its tax-funded settlements secret.
Journalist Cathy Young talks frankly about sexual harassment in the workplace.
The Harvey Weinstein story is not just about the end of a career. It's about the end of an era.
"Words must do more than offend, cause indignation, or anger" to be illegal, says judge in bear-hunter harassment case.
New study says men are more concerned about free speech and for women it's safety concerning the internet.
Citing a backlog of complaints, the Title IX enforcement office pledges to prioritize case resolution over fishing expeditions.
A congressional hearing is scheduled, but will anything change?
The Midwest farmer's daughters are not alright.
Officers frequently "use the power of their badge to prey on the vulnerable," finds AP analysis.
When does institutional protection of student-victim privacy cross the line into censorship?
Officers also say they were retaliated against for speaking up about the situation.
Americans must resist the delusional embrace of E.U.-style "hate speech" rules.
Weiner embarrassed himself and his wife, but Bill Clinton and his aides deliberately smeared Monica Lewinsky and other women's reputations.
These Gadsden flag alternatives offer cuddlier featured creatures and more polite requests to be left alone.
A message featuring gun, knife, and bomb emojis has landed a Virginia 12-year-old in trouble with police.
A case study of collective catharsis through call-out culture and moral panic as meme.
Um, guys, a government allowed to whimsically bar people from coming to the country is sure not going to stop with preventing pickup artists from entering.
But attacks on political speech in the guise of preventing "harassment" will no doubt continue.
Actually, science only works well when all researchers show their work
Zimmerman posted nude photos and contact information for a woman he alleges cheated on him "with a dirty Muslim."
"There is not enough evidence to provide a realistic prospect of conviction," says British law enforcement.
'Gender justice' warriors in the Department of Education are pushing campus officials too far.
Public female figures targets of harassment
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