Abstract
With a twenty four hour, seven days a week news cycle and social media leaders, activists and other groups have more access to the public than ever before. This access can lead to events known as mass psychological panics that can have devastating outcomes. In this paper two main cases were examined: Harold Camping and his religious zeal that led to a mass psychological panic, and QAnon which led to the storming of the US Capitol in January of 2021. This paper posits that there should be a federal statute criminalizing incitement via social media.
Recommended Citation
Jason P. Kight & David Scott,
“The Sky is Falling, The Sky is Falling”: Why Inciting Mass Psychological Panics Should Trigger Legal Liability,
46
S. Ill. U. L.J.
219
(2022).
Available at:
https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/siulj/vol46/iss2/1