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Online Harassment Against Asian-American Professors

An allegedly deafening silence from law enforcement

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I wanted to flag an article today in The Verge that discusses the long-time online harassment of my colleague Prof. Alex Sinha and his wife Prof. Janani Umamaheswar, among other targets of anti-Asian American attacks. The piece raises important questions about what is the role of law enforcement in such cases and why we see so little intervention even with persistent abuse.

Irina Manta is a Professor of Law and the Founding Director of the Center for Intellectual Property Law at the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University.