A Rape in Cyberspace; or, How an Evil Clown, a Haitian Trickster Spirit, Two Wizards, and a Cast of Dozens Turned a Database into a Society

'I Am In No Way This’: Troll Hunters and Pragmatic Digital Self-Reference

“…The idea that one set of personae (the offline set) would have many important life implications, while the other set (online) would live free of those implications is a naiveté that has been exposed for years. In referring to cybersex, for example, Dibbell (1993) made this point a quarter of a century ago:…”

Virtual acts, real crimes? a legal-philosophical analysis of virtual cybercrime

“…Gambling is illegal in these countries unless it complies with certain regulations made under law. In some countries, for example, New avatars by means of a "voodoo doll": a subprogram that served the purpose of attributing actions to avatars that their users did not consent to (Dibbell 1993). The user who represented himself by Mr. Bungle pressed buttons and clicked the mouse, and these acts were interpreted by the aforementioned subprogram as commands to attribute (sexual) activities to the avatars, without the consent of their users.…”

“…As early as 1993, Julian Dibbell described in the New York newspaper The Village Voice how a user of the virtual world of LambdaMOO (1990) took control over two other users' avatars and made them appear to engage in sexual activities the users did not consent to (Dibbell 1993). Dibbell's story gave rise to a heated debate among philosophers, mainly computer ethicists, which merely focused on the question of whether or not the behavior he described should count as rape or another crime under criminal law.…”

Cyber warfare - a new form of contemporary socia conflicts

“…Они су, према схватању поменутих аутора, велике и масовне социјалне акције, односно свесна, усмерена, динамична и практична међусобна сукобљавања и борбе колективних друштвених субјеката због значајних и по својој природи ограничених добара. 43 Према томе, може се констатовати да су са социолошког аспекта значајни они сукоби који се изражавају као масовне друштвене акције и борбе и које се воде око ограничених вредности и добара и њихових извора.…”

“…Та борба може бити "рат без правила" али готово увек је ограничена, у већој или мањој мери, ширим социјалним, правним, моралним, верским, техничким или другим нормама и правилима. 43 Ibid., стр. 24.…”