Online Shaming - a New Challenge for Criminal Justice
Kristiina Koivukari, Päivi Korpisaari · Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG eBooks · 2021
Online shaming is a harmful phenomenon that violates the psychological and sometimes even physical wellbeing of the target (or victim) of the action.Shaming and other forms of online hate speech also affect the use of freedom of expression in society by reducing the amount -or at least the range -of opinions expressed and information available in public.The aim of this article is to discuss whether initiating a shaming action or participating in it could or even should be criminalized.As a conclusion, we argue that an offence comprehensively covering acts of online shaming would be difficult or even impossible to formulate without violating the requirements of freedom of expression and certain fundamental principles of criminal law.