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28 Cath. U. J. L. & Tech 133 (2019-2020)
How Can We End #CancelCulture - Tort Liability or Thumper's Rule?

handle is hein.journals/cconsp28 and id is 277 raw text is: How CAN WE END #CANCELCULTURE- TORT LIABILITY OR THUMPER'S RULE? Nanci K. Carr* I. WHAT IS CANCEL CULTURE? We are living in a cancel culture where if someone, often a celebrity, does something either illegal or unethical, society is quick to cancel them, or lessen their celebrity standing or cultural capital.1 According to Ohlheiser and Izadi: Some people denounce it, pointing to instances of mob behavior and online infighting, or to situations where a career is jeopardized because of a bad tweet someone made as a teen. But it also can be used to describe how traditionally underrepresented and oppressed groups harness the Internet and social media to hold powerful people accountable when institutions won't.... Being canceled happens when there is a mismatch between the thing someone said or did, and the ethical expectations of their audience.' For example, Kevin Spacey is an Oscar-winning actor who was terminated from his film and television projects after he was accused of sexual assault in 2017.1 * Nanci K. Carr is an Assistant Professor of Business Law at California State University, Northridge. J.D., cum laude, Southwestern Law School; B.S., Business Administration, Ball State University. I Leah Asmelash, Why 'Cancel Culture'Doesn 'tAlways Work, CNN (Sept. 21, 2019), https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/21/entertainment/cancel-culture-explainer-trnd/index.html; see also Aja Romano, Why We Can 't Stop Fighting About Cancel Culture, Vox (Dec. 20, 2019), https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/12/30/20879720/what-is-cancel-culture- explained-history-debate (explaining that a person being canceled means culturally blocked from having a prominent public platform or career). 2 Abby Ohlheiser & Elahe Izadi, A Step-by-Step Guide to Why People Can't Stop Arguing About 'Cancel Culture, 'WASH. POST (Sept. 18, 2019), https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2019/09/18/step-by-step-guide-why- people-cant-stop-arguing-about-cancel-culture/. 3 Asmelash, supra note 1 (noting that Spacey was fired from Netflix's House of Cards and cut from All the Money in the World, which is a film he had shot before the allegations arose); see also Althea Legaspi, Kevin Spacey Removedfrom New Film 'All the Money in

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