Ashley Judd fights back on social media threats of sexual violence

[Tanuki]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/16/ashley-judd-twitter_n_6877900.html
....."In an interview with "MSNBC Live with Thomas Roberts” this morning, Judd said she plans to press charges against those behind the more disturbing threats of sexual violence she's received on social media. She discussed the responses to her basketball-related tweets in particular. "Well apparently I’m a ‘whore.’ I’ve been called the c-word," she told Roberts -- epithets she apparently earned for suggesting the Arkansas team was playing dirty.

"The way things happen on social media is so abusive. Everyone needs to take personal responsibility for what they write and not allow this misinterpretation and shaming culture on social media to persist," she continued. "And by the way, I’m pressing charges.".....

[still_one]

1. She might be able to get those posters banned off a particular social medium, but I doubt there is

much else she could do. The hard facts are that a large segment of our population is sexist, and racist, and that won't change overnight

[bullwinkle428]

3. If she can get these assholes exposed, maybe their employers will view them as a liability,

kind of like what happened in the case of the online harassment of Curt Schilling's daughter.

[still_one]

4. good point

[Lochloosa]

6. Wrong. If there was an explicit threat - 5 Years (c)

18 U.S. Code § 875 - Interstate communications






Current through Pub. L. 113-296, except 113-287, 113-291, 113-295. (See Public Laws for the current Congress.)



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(a) Whoever transmits in interstate or foreign commerce any communication containing any demand or request for a ransom or reward for the release of any kidnapped person, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both.

(b) Whoever, with intent to extort from any person, firm, association, or corporation, any money or other thing of value, transmits in interstate or foreign commerce any communication containing any threat to kidnap any person or any threat to injure the person of another, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both.

(c) Whoever transmits in interstate or foreign commerce any communication containing any threat to kidnap any person or any threat to injure the person of another, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.

(d) Whoever, with intent to extort from any person, firm, association, or corporation, any money or other thing of value, transmits in interstate or foreign commerce any communication containing any threat to injure the property or reputation of the addressee or of another or the reputation of a deceased person or any threat to accuse the addressee or any other person of a crime, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.
































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[TheKentuckian]

2. Stay classy hawgs!

[trumad]

5. She's basically doing what Curt Shilling did recently...

Exposing them and making sure everyone knows who they are.

I say bravo!