[Denver]

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[Denver]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

well he is not being abused personally, adam johnsone is

Is he not? They went on his profile and sent abusive message and the fact the they look nothing a like even a thicko would know they are 2 different people it's horrible.

[Mystic Mock]

Could you imagine if someone was called Adolf Hitler on Twitter?

[LeatherTrumpet]

Originally Posted by Adam.

Is he not? They went on his profile and sent abusive message and the fact the they look nothing a like even a thicko would know they are 2 different people it's horrible.

you seem surprised that there are a lot of thick, poorly educated people in the uk who can operate smartphones?

[Kazanne]

Originally Posted by Vanessa

You have to be very careful on facebook and twitter. You just never know who you're dealing with, unless you know them personally.

Too right Vanessa,it's a dangerous place sometimes.

[Ninastar]

tibb multi hew?

[Alf]

Who are the influences of these rule makers? The Nazis?

[parmnion]

yeah there are some sick nasty scum out there.



my sons friends set up a memorial page for him when he died, and of course it got trolled. sent me a bit over the edge at the time.

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by parmnion

yeah there are some sick nasty scum out there.



my sons friends set up a memorial page for him when he died, and of course it got trolled. sent me a bit over the edge at the time.

I bet, so sorry to hear that Parmnion good to know families will hopefully be spared that now.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by parmnion

yeah there are some sick nasty scum out there.



my sons friends set up a memorial page for him when he died, and of course it got trolled. sent me a bit over the edge at the time.

Awful, the sense of helplessness as well, hopefully this is not lip service and trolls who intrude on grief in this way will get proper sentences or community service

[Josy]

Great news.

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by parmnion

yeah there are some sick nasty scum out there.



my sons friends set up a memorial page for him when he died, and of course it got trolled. sent me a bit over the edge at the time.

..I'm so sorry to hear that parmnion.....yeah, sadly there are some really sucky people out there...

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by parmnion

yeah there are some sick nasty scum out there.



my sons friends set up a memorial page for him when he died, and of course it got trolled. sent me a bit over the edge at the time.

It makes me sad to think there are people who would do something like that in this world......and alot of them as well judging by all this internet stuff.

Glad to hear about these new changes

[the truth]

they only seem to apply these laws to twitter? whereas youtube and facebook is jam packed with slander and bigotry.

[Nicky91]

well i don't like trolling as well


so great news that it's now a criminal offence

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by the truth

they only seem to apply these laws to twitter? whereas youtube and facebook is jam packed with slander and bigotry.

It doesn't say it only applies to Twitter

[LeatherTrumpet]

YOu should see the racism in the comments in LiveLeak

From USA

[parmnion]

thanks folks.

[LukeB]

here for it

[Mystic Mock]

I feel sorry for what happened in your case Parmnion, and I would fully support those people that trolled the memorial page that was dedicated to your Son to be punished by the Law as it should be treated as vandalism at a Funeral Site in real life.

However is the law gonna be used just for someone pretending to be say Tony Blair and then start saying some sarcastic things to people, should that person really be arrested for that? I personally don't think so even if it's a jerkish act we have jerks in real life and we don't arrest them for it so why should we on Twitter or any other Social Media Site?

Then there's the case that Adam put up on here where someone could have the exact same name as a Celebrity and yet could be arrested for being an "imposter" which is just plain wrong imo.

[DemolitionRed]

parmnion that's awful, I'm so sorry you had to be a victim to such cruelty.

[DemolitionRed]

Originally Posted by Mystic Mock

However is the law gonna be used just for someone pretending to be say Tony Blair and then start saying some sarcastic things to people, should that person really be arrested for that? I personally don't think so even if it's a jerkish act we have jerks in real life and we don't arrest them for it so why should we on Twitter or any other Social Media Site?

Then there's the case that Adam put up on here where someone could have the exact same name as a Celebrity and yet could be arrested for being an "imposter" which is just plain wrong imo.

The problem with claiming to be someone your not is, it can lead to grooming the unsuspecting. Anonymity is fine until someone abuses it and uses it as a tool that can potentially inflict real harm.

If a real David Beckham (not the footballer) came on FB with that name, nobody can arrest him unless he starts pretending he's the famous footballer.

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by DemolitionRed

The problem with claiming to be someone your not is, it can lead to grooming the unsuspecting. Anonymity is fine until someone abuses it and uses it as a tool that can potentially inflict real harm.

If a real David Beckham (not the footballer) came on FB with that name, nobody can arrest him unless he starts pretending he's the famous footballer.

I get what you mean, it's just that of all the things to clamp down on I just think that Internet Trolls at their basic form are not what I would be targeting tbh.