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Prosecution of Tweeters

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daphnedill Sat 16-Jul-16 00:29:07

Man arrested over Angela Eagle death threats. Good!

www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jul/15/man-arrested-angela-eagle-death-threats

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daphnedill Thu 14-Jul-16 21:00:07

In both cases in the links, the abusive posts were made on Twitter. In one case the tweeter was given a three year sentence with additional conditions and the other a one month suspended sentence.

Twitter has defended its right on occasions to release details of account holders.

Many years ago MSN shut down its chatrooms and Messenger, because they were out of control and being abused. I wonder if Twitter will go the same way, unless some way is found to control what's being written.

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obieone Thu 14-Jul-16 20:54:19

I agree.

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Welshwife Thu 14-Jul-16 20:48:17

I agree that it is bulling or defamation of character etc and should result in punishment of some kind.
The site owners do very little to stop this sort of thing - just suspend the accounts for a few days.

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Mumsy Thu 14-Jul-16 20:34:45

Fully agree with you daphnedill, I also think that the site owners should be taken to task for allowing the bullying to continue as well.

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daphnedill Thu 14-Jul-16 19:41:38

This is related to a couple of other threads about online bullying and free speech.

The following prosecutions caught my eye on the BBC website:

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-36781875

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-36794888

For those who don't like links, they're about people who have been prosecuted for making cruel/threatening tweets.

I've been concerned for some time about the 'freedom' of the internet for people to be cruel and threatening, the rise in online bullying and some of the language which is used, sometimes making death threats.

Some people will claim that bullying can only be physical and face-to-face. I disagree and think people should be prosecuted.

Interested in other people's opinions.

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