Twitter, trolling and the law

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Rob8urcakes 7th Aug '12 - 10:00am

Thanks Mark, but at >28mins long the vid for many (including me) is tldw, ie “too long, didn’t watch”.

So perhaps a brief summary of <750 words, with quotes from ALL participants, would be more in order when you next inform us of such interesting topics.
Catherine 7th Aug '12 - 8:48pm

Sorry Mark but I have to agree with Rob above – it looks like a fascinating discussion but have pity on those of us who read LDV surreptitiously in meetings!
Mark Pack 7th Aug '12 - 9:29pm

Fair points both. I’ll bear that in mind for the future (and apologies in advance if shortage of time means that doesn’t result in too much in the way of accompanying wording!).
Tom Papworth 8th Aug '12 - 4:07pm

I presume this was in the context of the boy from Weymouth who was arrested after sending cruel comments to Tom Daley (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-19059127).

I found it appalling that the police were involved in this. If the law really does criminalise being mean on a social network, then the law is an ass.

OTOH, Twitter would be perfectly within its rights to ‘police’ what is expressed via its platform, and I would not be at all surprised or concerned if they chose to ban the offender for life.

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