Originally Posted by GrimUpNorth

Why on earth wouldn't they? I have a realistic view if the world, sadly many people are dishonest and some of them think if there's something in it for them then they'll chance their hand and give it a go. There are people (I'm sure most of us could name at least one) who try and make a career out of complaining with a view to making some sort of financial gain when most people wouldn't bother because they feel the complaint is frivolous or a distortion of the truth or at worst an outright lie. I wonder how many complaints these people make that gets them nowhere, I suppose we'll never know.

Any law needs to also allow websites to stand up to non-genuine complainants and at the very least allow some mechanism for them to easily recover their costs.

Originally Posted by Qtx

You can't please all the people all the time. People will find anything to get upset about or will get upset for others. Where as in the past we would not pander to over sensitive people, we are now at a point where law is being used to force everyone to consider every sensitive snowflakes feeling.

It has a chilling effect. The internet thrived because it was open and without limits and people could freely express what they wanted. This freedom accelerated minority groups hidden away scared who now stand proudly. The very thing that allowed social progress is now going in reverse with extreme moderation of topics/alternative views limiting what people say and new laws will limit that further.

Imagine if the internet was around earlier when being gay was illegal. Talk about that kind of stuff would be moderated on all social platform to the point it would be hidden. So who decides at any particular time what can and cant be said?

Apart from reactive policing to emergencies, the police spend most of their time dealing with social media stuff where people say stuff they don't really mean but they love it because of the digital trail and it gives them good looking results. So sod anyone who has a car and bike stolen as they put minimal effort in to that and just tell you to deal with an insurance company. All because people are too sensitive to what others say online.

There are far worst things people can do online to upset you than call someone a name so people need to stop going crying over every little thing and forcing new laws.

It will cause a chilling effect because the majority of sites will over-moderate because they are scared of fines and court action. Look at how DMCA takedowns have destroyed artists and creators because platforms will take down work instantly no matter who sends a notice and its so hard to get it reversed. They do this because the DMCA law scares them. The same will happen on chat forums.