The desire to clean up the internet seems to be spreading around the world:
- The EU Parliament has approved two bills designed to strengthen their rulebook. They include standards to tackle the spread of unlawful content online, with sites facing huge fines for violations as per BBC Click News from about 0.12;
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0019832
- Japan has introduced a one year term of imprisonment for those who insult others online. This follows the death of a reality TV star who took his own life after becoming the target of online trolls:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn...cli/index.html