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12 J. Civ. L. Stud. 253 (2019)
A Cacophony of Speech, Law, and Persona: Battling against the Vortex of #MeToo in France and the U.S.

handle is hein.journals/jcilast12 and id is 269 raw text is: A CACOPHONY OF SPEECH, LAW, AND PERSONA: BATTLING AGAINST THE VORTEX OF #METoo IN FRANCE AND THE U.S. Anne Wagner & Sarah Marusek* I. A Complexified Socio-Legal Environment ........ ........ 254 II. Challenges of Silence and Exposure ................. 256 A. Survivors vs. The Unknown Soldier ........ ........ 261 B. Binary Nature of the Anonymous Elbow ..... ...... 267 III. Legal Dichotomy Between Free Speech and Hate Speech ... 270 A. American Perspectives ...................... 274 B. French Perspectives .................... .... 276 IV. Being Visible and the Forgetfulness of Being ........ 279 ABSTRACT The pervasive proliferation of rumors, through #MeToo and #BalanceTonPorc, communicates meaningful and meaningless- making processes on misconducts both in the French and U.S. con- texts. Such rumors have transformed the online practices by culti- vating both verbal and non-verbal hate speech free and/or free speech. This cacophony of speech, law, and persona has led to a debate relayed on social media platforms, exposing people to a dan- ger zone mostly based as shame, hate, fear, or even destruction, as anonymity and due process no longer prevail. Keywords: #MeToo, #BalanceTonPorc, free speech, hate speech, right to be forgotten, Tarana Burke * Anne Wagner, Professor, Centre de Recherche Droits & Perspectives du Droit, University of Lille; Sarah Marusek, Professor, Department of Political Sci- ence and Administration of Justice, University of Hawai'i Hilo. We dedicate this work to the Exposure League, which decries bullying, theft, and the artificial within the danger zone while seeking remedy through ver- bal acumen, laughter, and genuine connection.

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