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Exclusionary Policies: Undermining Safety and Connectivity

Explore how blanket banishment policies based on class membership fail to address sexual harm effectively and hinder the creation of safe online and offline communities. Adopting evidence-based policies and regulating individuals based on behavior are crucial steps toward promoting safety and preventing deception.

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Exclusionary Policies: Undermining Safety and Connectivity

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  1. Connectivity as a Human Right: How Exclusionary Policies Undermine Safety Guy Hamilton-Smith, JD Sex Offense Litigation and Policy Fellow Mitchell Hamline School of Law

  2. Blanket Banishment Sounds Sensible, But Falls Apart Once Examined • We all care about creating safe communities, both online and elsewhere • Policies aren’t based in realities of sexual harm. Leave us less well-equipped to prevent & respond to them • Platforms have a responsibility to adopt evidence-based policies that create safer communities • To the extent that people exiting the criminal legal system succeed, everyone succeeds. These bans only impact people trying to lead law-abiding lives, incentivize deception. • Blanket exclusions should be removed — regulate individuals based on their behavior, not on class membership

  3. Michigan AG: Exclusionary Policies are Punishment, Ineffective

  4. Michigan AG: Exclusionary Policies are Punishment, Ineffective

  5. False Sense of Security • Source: Sandler, Freeman & Socia, 2008; Wolak et al. 2009

  6. False Sense of Security • Source: Sandler, Freeman & Socia, 2008; Wolak et al. 2009

  7. guy.hamiltonsmith@mitchellhamline.edu Thank you! https://mitchellhamline.edu/sex-offense-litigation-policy/ https://guyhamiltonsmith.com Twitter: @G_Padraic

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