Abstract
Online harassment is a significant and growing problem. Under current conditions, however, economic pressures and constitutional restrictions make actionable change unlikely. This Article proposes a model for community self-governance that may be termed ‘e-judiciaries,’ in which online community members participate in a process of reviewing and disciplining alleged participant misconduct. In support of this model, the Article examines quantitative and qualitative data from a major online community that has adopted this approach to self-regulation. Empirical analysis suggests that this regulatory design leads community members to adopt an aggressive approach to policing harassment. Such a system, expanded more broadly into other online communities entailing high amounts of user-generated content and activity, has the potential to work as an effective anti-harassment countermeasure.
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