Phillips James G, Diesfeld Kate, Mann Leon
Psychology Department, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand.
Department of Public Health, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand.
Psychiatr Psychol Law. 2019 Feb 17;26(3):423-440. doi: 10.1080/13218719.2018.1506719. eCollection 2019.
To understand the social and legal issues posed by suicide-related communications over the Internet (messages of threatened suicide and advocated suicide), this article examines a selection of cases involving different types of online baiting and harassment that illustrate different legal and technological issues. The anonymity afforded by computer-mediated communication allows bullies to harass vulnerable individuals and leak (disclose) their personal information. Computer mediation of communication potentially diffuses responsibility; imposes a temporal asynchrony between signified intent and audience response; and reduces the empathy that might motivate observers or witnesses to intervene and render assistance, factors that make online baiting a serious social, legal and technological problem. Potential actions (both legal and technological) for addressing this problem are outlined.
为了理解互联网上与自杀相关的交流(自杀威胁信息和自杀倡导信息)所引发的社会和法律问题,本文研究了一系列涉及不同类型网络诱骗和骚扰的案例,这些案例说明了不同的法律和技术问题。计算机介导通信所提供的匿名性使霸凌者能够骚扰弱势群体并泄露他们的个人信息。通信的计算机介导可能会分散责任;在表达的意图和受众反应之间造成时间上的异步;并减少可能促使观察者或目击者进行干预和提供帮助的同理心,这些因素使得网络诱骗成为一个严重的社会、法律和技术问题。本文概述了针对这一问题的潜在行动(包括法律和技术方面的)。