Cyberstalking and Free Speech: Rethinking the Rangel Standard in the Age of the Internet
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NISHIA AJMANI*
Cyberstalking and Free Speech:
Rethinking the Rangel Standard in the
Age of the Internet
Introduction ................................ ...... 304
I. Free Speech Implications of Stalking Statutes and the
Oregon Standard......................... ..... 306
A. Oregon Stalking Statutes ................ ..... 307
B. State v. Rangel and the Court's Expressive
Contacts Analysis ......................... 308
1. The Robertson Framework ........... ...... 308
2. Applying the Robertson Framework to Rangel........ 310
II. Problems with the Rangel Standard as It Pertains to
Cyberstalking...................3.2........312
A. Differences Between Cyberstalking and Offline
Stalking ................................. 313
1. Anonymity ........................ ..... 313
2. Instantaneous Communication ........ ........ 315
3. Physical Location of the Stalker............................... 316
4. Cyberstalkers Can Assume the Identity of the
Victim................................ 317
5. Incitement of Third Parties............ ..... 318
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* J.D. Candidate 2012, University of Oregon School of Law; Managing Editor, Oregon
Law Review 2011-2012. The author would like to thank Professors John Greenman and
Merle Weiner for their guidance and inspiration in writing this Comment.](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.journals/orglr90&div=10&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)
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