Glossary of Platform Law and Policy Terms
Terri Harel is the Executive Director at OnlineSOS.org. At OnlineSOS, she led content development and research for an in-depth report about the current state of online harassment and its effects on media, journalists and civil society. Before joining OnlineSOS, Terri consulted for nonprofit and tech organizations and, before that, led product marketing at Classy.org, a fundraising platform for nonprofits. She’s a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley with a degree in Political Economy.
Authors: Yasmin Curzi and Terri Harel This entry presents: (I) a brief history of the concept of harassment; (II) some of its variations – e.g., harassment in the workplace, in the streets; and (III) the concept of online harassment or cyberharassment. (i) The initiative of feminist lawyers in the US, in the 1980s, for the… Continue reading Harassment