WHAT: Panel discussion on the rise of so-called “viral hate”-- vicious attacks against people based on their race, ethnicity, religious beliefs, and sexual orientation perpetuated via the Internet and social media.

WHEN: Thursday, Nov. 14, 5-6:15 pm.

WHERE: UM Carey School of Law, Room 108500 W. Baltimore Street, Baltimore, Md. 21201 WHO: Christopher Wolf, JD, the nation’s preeminent privacy lawyer, founder of The Future of Privacy Forum (www.futureofprivacy.org) and co-author of Viral Hate: Containing Its Spread on the Internet.

Danielle Citron, JD, UM Carey Law professor and author of the forthcoming Hate 3.0: A Civil Rights Agenda to Combat Discriminatory Online Harassment. Citron assisted Maryland Delegate Jon Cardin in crafting agroundbreaking bill to criminalize “revenge porn.”

Panelists will be available for interviews at the event

For information visit: www.law.umaryland.edu

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