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Old 20-06-2022, 16:06   #1624
RichardCoulter
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Re: Police to get tough on internet trolls.

This case, where a 13 year old autustic boy was was murdered by two 14 year olds as after he apparently offended one of them on social media, was highlighted on the BBC this morning:

https://www.gbnews.uk/news/olly-step...ear-old/131979

What can happen with neuro diverse people is that they can inadvertently offend someone without meaning to or realising it and this is what may have happened here.

It is hoped that the Online Safety Bill will protect others from being subject to the violence and hate that Olly was exposed to.

It's suspected that young people are becoming desensitised to violence due to the sharing on videos that suggest violence.

Nadine Dorries has stated that material that is legal, but harmful, will shortly be defined to enable websites to comply with this.

Failure to do so could be dealt with by fines and those who fail to demonstrate to Ofcom that they are doing something about this risk becoming criminally liable and going to prison.

It's from about 0:22:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0018kfc

This will be covered in more depth in tonight's Panorama on BBC1 at 8pm.
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