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A person doesn't have to have first hand experience to feel passionately about a subject..
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This is true, i'm passionate about some injustices in the world that haven't directly affected me.
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https://www.mensadviceline.org.uk Getting back to the salient topic, Chief Superintendent Gavin Thomas yesterday called for those who commit crimes on the internet to be forced to wear a WiFi jammer. If this works, I believe that this would be a major step forward in dealing with those who are unable to use the internet without harming others emotionally, financially, sexually etc. Mr Thomas last spoke about the social media offences of harrassment, trolling etc last March. |
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Amuses me when the non-technical get involved in something tech and show their shocking ignorance. Same with those who think they can regulate the internet. "We mast have new laws" and "this must be banned" they parrot forgetting that UK laws only apply to UK companies and the internet is, by it's very nature, boarderless and essentially lawless.
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That said, this tag they are talking about. I don't see how it will work unless it also blocks mobile phone signals. Which, in all likelyhood, it would at least partially as Wifi and Mobile phones operate on similar wavelengths and it's more difficult to block a particular signal than it is to just flood the entire wavelength with noise (which would block *every* signal on that wavelength). Any judge that required such a tag be used would probably require that any equipment capable of connecting an Ethernet connection would be removed from the perpetrators home, and impose a custodial sentence should the perpetrator be caught going somewhere else and abusing people on line. |
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...here's a thought, you can only get "bullied" on-line if you actually logon and you know *gasp* read it.
How about just ignoring it, or is that too simple and people are now conditioned into always being a victim of something or other. |
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It's here: http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/sh...6#post35879846 Those who contributed said that they think that it's a bad idea as it's easy to get around and would affect innocent people around the troublemaker. |
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This article outlines something that i've noticed about bullying on the internet:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ry-people.html Apparently, the pack/herd mentality exists because after the first person has transgressed social graces, the other 'sheep' feel that they've been given permission to do it too. Apparently,a lot of trolling, bullying etc is done by those having a bad day who are looking for someone else to take it out on. |
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There's been some more movement on this.
The director of public prosecutions Alison Saunders has today said that the Crown Prosecution Service will push for much tougher penalties for those who abuse others online. She said that it makes no difference if the abuse is shouted at someone to their face, daubed on their wall or sent via interaction in the internet. Furthermore, if the abuse is related to a person's disability, race, religion, sexuality etc, then perpetrators will get a tougher sentence as this will be viewed as a hate crime. Discrimination and abuse on the internet will be treated in exactly the same way as if someone had said it to a person's face in the real world, with sentences increased accordingly. This could mean a sentence of up to ten years in jail. There were over 1,000 cases of online harrassment based upon a person's disability last year, so this is something that I welcome to make the internet a safer and more enjoyable place for everybody. One thing that I find odd is that this doesn't deal with misogyny?? Maybe this glaring omission will be rectified. |
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Gender is included...
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It's the "perceived by the victim or anyone else" part that I find troubling about our hate-speech laws. It makes the whole thing very subjective.
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Meanwhile the robberies, burgalaries, drug dealing and street crime continue unabated. :( |
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