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The increasing transfer of communication to cyberspace has made communication fundamentally less visible and detectable. The transience of the spoken word has repeatedly given way to the permanence of written communication, of whose consequences even digital natives are mostly insufficiently aware. In this study, using the example of communication between schoolchildren, Florian Seitz examines the complex basic legal implications of this issue and, against this backdrop, develops an analytical framework from which a balanced form of regulation can emerge. By virtue of its interdisciplinary approach and by taking into account demarcation criteria developed in US law, the study presents practical suggestions as to how statements made in cyberspace can be limited effectively, without losing sight of the need to uphold the freedom of speech and to learn how to implement this law gradually.