The Future of Reputation: Gossip, Rumor, and Privacy on the Internet

By Daniel J. Solove

Categories: Law, Politics & Social Sciences

The Future of Reputation (2007) by law professor Daniel J. Solove examines how the internet changes reputation and privacy. Using cases of people shamed through blogs, social networks and viral posts, he shows how gossip and rumor that would have faded stay searchable and can follow a person for life. Solove weighs free speech against privacy, considers the limits of existing law, and asks how norms and legal rules might change to protect people without silencing open discussion.

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