Questions tagged [harassment]
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Can a person start new businesses to compete relentlessly with someone they hate?
Let's take two people, Alice and Bob. Alice offends Bob in some way and Bob is determined to take revenge. He does this by starting new businesses to compete with Alice, e.g. if Alice owns a restaurant, he starts a new restaurant nearby, sells…
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Can I sue an app for enabling harassment?
Can I sue an app for emotional distress?
My soon-to-be ex-husband has been using a fake phone number app in order to impersonate:
my child's school
the coroner's office
the police officers who are handling the 3 warrants out for his arrest
the…
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Are jails liable for negligence when prisoners get hurt?
If sexual harassment or poor/dangerous working conditions happen in a company, that company is often liable for damages or gets fined by the state/an appropriate government oversight body.
Similar to companies, are public prisons/jails at all liable…
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How would the use of automated software to post harassing online content influence its legality?
It is in the news that a critic of Scientology has been receiving online abuse:
Over the past six months, Barnes-Ross has faced a barrage of abuse – with 6,000 posts targeted at him on X alone. At first, the posts mostly taunted him with insults,…
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How can I stop someone I know from harassing me online?
My ex partner keeps making new accounts on Instagram and Facebook to message me. I’ve sent them a text with a read receipt that states clearly: don’t contact me on any platform, don’t text me, don’t call me etc. They even had a mutual person call me…
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Student Rights In India
I am a college student in Rajasthan, and I want to know what step we can take against:
teachers scoring us according to some personal vendetta,
extremely rude language/behavior,
unnecessary targeting.
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Is the plot of Fatal Attraction legally accurate?
Fatal Attraction is a 1987 film. The part of the plot I'm interested in is:
Daniel "Dan" Gallagher is a successful, happily-married Manhattan lawyer whose work leads him to meet Alexandra "Alex" Forrest, an editor for a publishing company. While…
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How does California (CA) have standing in CA vs Activision Blizzard?
It's been reported that the state of California (CA) has sued Activision Blizzard as a result of its two-year-long investigation.
The alleged actions are not alleged to be ongoing. It's been reported that this is a civil action.
I am puzzled by…
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What distinguishes hate speech from harassment in the US?
In the United States, hate speech is protected by the First Amendment to the Constitution no matter how morally repugnant it is. But harassment is a crime and is therefore not protected.
Here are some examples of hate speech which US courts have…
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What is a 'creed' legally?
'Creed' is a 'protected characteristic' with respect to discrimination or harassment, at least in some U.S. jurisdictions or for some private employers.
The Wikipedia article "Creed" defines it thus:
A creed (also confession, symbol, or statement…
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Is it considered harrassment in the US to call a black man the N-word?
I recently saw a Youtube Short featuring a man interviewing Jordan Peterson and they were discussing the legality of calling someone by racial slurs, specifically the N-word. Seemingly having actually to do with the legality of calling transpeople…
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Could the act of emailing publicly available information be deemed illegal?
Andy and Mary are friends. Andy discovers that Mary is secretly working as an escort. Nobody knows about this activity beyond Andy. He tries to convince her that escorting is harmful and will have a serious impact on her mental well-being in the…
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What can I do about an ex-landlord “trash talking” me on Facebook?
I had lived in a shared rental house with 4 other tenants. Problems arose when the landlord wanted me to move out early despite what the lease said. He got the other tenants to bug me until I agreed, but I insisted he paid for the cost of moving.…
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Is the cop right? Is it OK to harass people, but only as long as it's non-sexual?
(The protagonist of this clip, the "bagel guy", went viral recently in someone else's video)
In this Youtube video (now removed, Twitter copy) a cop tells him it's not illegal to harass people, but only as long as it's "non-sexual". Is he…
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What legal protection can someone ask for against a bully in Canada?
What legal protection can someone ask for against a bully?
bullies in
workplace
school
college
neighbor
and, so on.
Can a victim go to police?
N.B. Bullying means making fun of, mocking on a regular basis.
N.B. Suppose, some specific…
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