The Cyber Civil Rights Initiative (CCRI) is a
non-profit organization
A nonprofit organization (NPO), also known as a nonbusiness entity, nonprofit institution, not-for-profit organization, or simply a nonprofit, is a non-governmental (private) legal entity organized and operated for a collective, public, or so ...
. Founded in 2012 by Holly Jacobs, the organization has compiled resources for victims of
cybercrimes
Cybercrime encompasses a wide range of criminal activities that are carried out using digital devices and/or Computer network, networks. It has been variously defined as "a crime committed on a computer network, especially the Internet"; Cyberc ...
.
Leadership
Holly Jacobs is the founder and a board member.
Previously, she served as CCRI's President and Executive Director.
Mary Anne Franks
Mary Anne Franks is an American legal scholar, author, activist, and media commentator. She is a professor of law and the Eugene L. and Barbara A. Bernard Professor in Intellectual Property, Technology, and Civil Rights Law at George Washington U ...
is CCRI's President, Legislative and Tech Policy Director.
Franks drafted the first model criminal statute on nonconsensual pornography, which has been used as a template for pending federal legislation.
Danielle Citron is CCRI's Vice President and Secretary. Citron and Franks have co-authored a piece titled ''Criminalizing Revenge Porn'' in the
Wake Forest Law Review
The ''Wake Forest Law Review'' is a law journal edited and published by students at the Wake Forest University School of Law.
Rankings
In 2013, the ''Wake Forest Law Review'' was ranked 40th overall among American law reviews by the ''Washingto ...
, which was the first law review article to take on the topic and its challenges.
References
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External links
Official website
Cyberbullying
Internet safety
Sexual abuse victims advocacy
Sexual harassment in the United States
Non-profit organizations based in Florida