A Cacophony of Speech, Law, and Persona: Battling Against the Vortex of #MeToo in France and the U.S.

Authors

Anne Wagner
Sarah Marusek

Keywords

#MeToo, #BalanceTonPorc, free speech, hate speech, right to be forgotten, Tarana Burke

Abstract

The pervasive proliferation of rumors, through #MeToo and #BalanceTonPorc, communicates meaningful and meaningless-making processes on misconducts both in the French and U.S. con-texts. Such rumors have transformed the online practices by culti-vating both verbal and non-verbal hate speech free and/or free speech. This cacophony of speech, law, and persona has led to a debate relayed on social media platforms, exposing people to a dan-ger zone mostly based as shame, hate, fear, or even destruction, as anonymity and due process no longer prevail.

Repository Citation

Anne Wagner and Sarah Marusek, A Cacophony of Speech, Law, and Persona: Battling Against the Vortex of #MeToo in France and the U.S., 12 J. Civ. L. Stud. (2019)
Available at: https://digitalcommons.law.lsu.edu/jcls/vol12/iss2/3