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Old 29-11-2022, 15:32   #1947
RichardCoulter
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Re: Police to get tough on internet trolls.

Now confirmed by BBC news:

Instead of the 'Harmful, but legal' provisions (the most controversial part of the Bill), the Government says that to create a fair balance between protecting vulnerable individuals and free speech, they will be less prescriptive about legal, but harmful content and make the most harmful of comments completely illegal.

There are pros & cons to both approaches as making a general law saves having to pass numerous pieces of legislation, but this could give rise to people innocently falling foul of the law.

Having to pass numerous pieces of legislation clogs up Parliament with potentially unnecessary time consuming work- but everyone gets to know where they stand before posting something.

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Originally Posted by Pierre View Post
Now such thing as technically legal, it's either lawful or unlawful.

If it's lawful, whether it's appropriate or not is not relevant.
There are individuals causing people to become so upset and depressed that they want to end their own life. Some of these people are already suffering after being caught up in acts of terrorism.

Do you think that this is ok because it's not illegal at the moment?

The Government seems to be trying to make things clearer now by going down the route of making each situation illegal as it arises rather than a 'catch all' piece of legislation. As I said earlier, there are pros & cons to both approaches to deal with this problem.
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