A Rape in Cyberspace

"A Rape in Cyberspace" is an article written by freelance journalist Julian Dibbell and first published in The Village Voice in 1993, and later included in Dibbell's 1998 book My Tiny Life. The article is about the aftermath and community response to a March 1993 sexual misconduct incident in the virtual world LambdaMOO. Prior to "A Rape in Cyberspace" directing media and academic attention to the incident, LambdaMOO users referred to it as the Bungle Affair.

Lawrence Lessig has said that his chance reading of Dibbell's article was a key influence on his interest in the field. Sociologist David Trend called it "one of the most frequently cited essays about cloaked identity in cyberspace".


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