Articles Concerning the Standard of Care for Defamation Generally

These recent articles discuss the standard of care to be applied in digital defamation actions:

Rex Heinke and Heather Rafter, Rough Justice in Cyberspace: Liability on the Electronic Frontier, The Computer Lawyer, July 1994, at 1.

Steven Lieberman and Joanna Cutler, Defamation Claims in Cyberspace: Liability of Owners and Operators of Electronic Bulletin Boards for Statements "Uploaded" by Subscribers, published as an appendix to the Libel Defense Resource Committee Newsletter (May 1994).

Robert Charles, Computer Bulletin Boards and Defamation: Who Should be Liable? Under What Standard?, 2 J.L. & Tech. 121 (1987).

Edward J. Naughton, Is Cyberspace a Public Forum? Computer Bulletin Boards, Free Speech, and State Action, 81 Geo. L.J. 409 (1992).

Philip H. Miller, New Technology, Old Problem: Determining the First Amendment Status of Electronic Information Services, 61 Fordham L. Rev. 1147 (1993).

Terri A. Cutrera, Computer Networks, Libel and the First Amendment, 11 Computer L. J. 555 (1992).

Lynn Becker, Electronic Publishing: First Amendment Issues in the Twenty-First Century, 13 Fordham Urb. L. J. 801 (1984/85).

LINKS:

Digital Defamation: An Overview

The Standard of Care for Electronic Information Providers

Legislative Initiatives Relating to the Standard of Care Issue

Procedural and Jurisdictional Issues