Jail time for internet "trolls" in the UK.

Just doing my BBC news reading for the day and I stumbled on this little gem:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-29678989

Internet trolls face up to two years in jail under new laws.

So according to this law they want to use, a person that subjects to others to sexually offensive, verbally abusive or threatening material online are currently prosecuted in magistrates' courts under the Malicious Communications Act, with a maximum prison sentence of six months.... The article references a woman that received threats after defending her mother when her mother defended a rapist online, saying that the rape was "non-violent" and did not cause "bodily harm". -_o

Anyway, I have no idea where this is going, but they better make some clear distinction on what constitutes as a threat. I can see this going wrong, like that teenager ( Justin Carter) that got jailed for saying something stupid on Facebook, and frightening a Canadian lady.
 
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IMO, they just want to have excuses to put people in jail if there's ever one of those controversial internet incidents, like this one. Moleman9000's 1984 is coming one step closer every day.
 
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CWCissey said:
Yeah we're only with him because he's the best of a completely fucking awful bunch.

NONE of the leaders of the major political parties have a positive approval rating, it's that bad.
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You guys should just do what we did and tell them to fuck off, then have a bizarrely balding portly diplomat bang a bunch of French broads until they help you out.
 
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You guys should just do what we did and tell them to fuck off, then have a bizarrely balding portly diplomat bang a bunch of French broads until they help you out.
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Nah we're more the type that will vote for the crazily haired posh guy. Plus having a terrible but not so terrible that it causes riots PM gives us Brits something to whinge about.
 
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IMO, they just want to have excuses to put people in jail if there's ever one of those controversial internet incidents, like this one. Moleman9000's 1984 is coming one step closer every day.
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The problem in the UK is the only people who seem to benefit from these laws are celebrities and the rich (They also look into stuff like dead teenagers if they get backlash from the media).

For example the director general of the BBC complains about getting a single death threat on the internet over firing Jeremy Clarkson and gets a £1000 a day ex-special service eight man bodyguard but if a general member of the public complained about getting a death threat on the internet they certainly wouldn't get a police bodyguard they'd more likely just tell you to go away and they'll "look into it".
 
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All hail Great Nanny Britain, for she protects us from anything that'll hurt our poor, sensitive feelings. IT'S FOR THE CHILDREN!
 
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Does turn up some funny cases on the odd time they decide to make an example of someone, though. Have a look at R v Walker. Prosecuted for writing rape/torture fetish fanfic about Girls Aloud. Is it how I want tax £ spent? Not really. It's funny though.
 
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Jail time? For stupid kids being stupid online?

Ridiculous. Thank God I don't live in the UK, though with America's increase of PC, makes me wonder if it'll ever come here. I pray it doesn't.
 
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The people being threatened online can easily block the twats and have the whole shenanigan over. It doesn't warrant jail time.

if you feel threaten or can't take someone making a rude comment on YouTube or some other social media site, you shouldn't even be on those sites.
 
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Blocking is not a permanent solution, the harassers can just make sock accounts.

Rude comments are one thing, but when you're cyberbullying someone, you're going too far. Jail time isn't the best solution, and it isn't guaranteed to put a stop to cyberbullying either, but they're at least trying to do something about it.
 
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Blocking is not a permanent solution, the harassers can just make sock accounts.

Rude comments are one thing, but when you're cyberbulling someone, you're going too far. Jail time isn't the best solution, and it isn't guaranteed to put a stop to cyberbullying either, but they're at least trying to do something about it.
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"Cyberbullying" is bullshit and if you believe it is a problem in the real world you are probably a huge idiot.
 
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