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Originally Posted by Qtx
Paedophiles and trolls are different things and there are already laws against this and statuary rape charges.
is there something under this new proposed law which is going to make it illegal for adults to speak to kids online? That would be yet another OTT law and nightmare for discussion board operators and potentially exclude kids from boards which could give them education because sites would make them 16 or 18+.....which kids would sign up to anyway and lie about their age
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They are, the legislation aims to curb many different kinds of inappropriate internet activity.
I don't think that banning adults from speaking to children would be workable as many adults legitimately speak to child members of their family.
AIUI, it will be more about forcing websites to quickly pass on the details that they hold about people.
At the moment, some drag their feet or even refuse outright until they are ordered to by the judiciary.
I was speaking to a policeman this morning and he said that some often cite free speech as a reason and we both agreed that this was an excuse. They're more interested in traffic to increase revenue than they are from protecting individuals from trolls, paedophiles etc.