[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

There's no barely about it it is a crime, if twitter was capable of policing itself then why isn't it? There have been 100s of cases of teen suicide, death and rape threats to women, racial abuse and attacks on the families of deceased children as highlighted here by kazanne.
In my opinion regulation is well overdue.

How do you know it's not capable of policing itself? You're making judgements from fringe incidents and the worst possible scenarios like they are common occurrences. The Media highlights stories like this to make them seem more common than they actually are. These trolls blow hot air on the internet because they can but ultimately that's all it is.

I play a game called League of Legends and it's an online game where you are put into teams with other players and it's the most toxic game I've ever played. It's rare to find a game where there isn't at least one person spouting venom at the rest of their team or at the enemy. Over my time playing that game I've been told to die of cancer, that I should be raped and have my throat slit afterwards and that the same thing should happen to any kids I may have, tonnes of really awful stuff. Would I ever consider going to the police over any of it? No because that's a waste of time and every one of these players was easily dealt with by muting them and reporting them after the game.

Online abuse can only affect you if you let it. Of course issues of Cyber Bullying can be different since it's more often than not related to real life, Cyber Bullies are often people you know in real life.