Social Media, Criminal Law and Legality

Utilising Lon Fuller’s conception of legality, this book argues that current legal provisions used to control online abuse aided by social media do not conform to the basic principles of legality in criminal law, in turn, threatening freedom of expression. It will be of interest to researchers in the field of criminal law and cyber law.

Laura Higson-Bliss is a Lecturer in Law at Keele University, United Kingdom, joining Keele School of Law in 2021. Her interests, broadly conceived, are in the interaction between social media and the criminal law, legality, freedom of expression and law and new technologies. Laura is an author of several blogs and a regular contributor to wider discussions on social media regulation on the radio and television, both nationally and internationally.