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Old 21-08-2017, 21:37   #175
RichardCoulter
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Re: Police to get tough on internet trolls.

There's been some more movement on this.

The director of public prosecutions Alison Saunders has today said that the Crown Prosecution Service will push for much tougher penalties for those who abuse others online. She said that it makes no difference if the abuse is shouted at someone to their face, daubed on their wall or sent via interaction in the internet.

Furthermore, if the abuse is related to a person's disability, race, religion, sexuality etc, then perpetrators will get a tougher sentence as this will be viewed as a hate crime.

Discrimination and abuse on the internet will be treated in exactly the same way as if someone had said it to a person's face in the real world, with sentences increased accordingly. This could mean a sentence of up to ten years in jail.

There were over 1,000 cases of online harrassment based upon a person's disability last year, so this is something that I welcome to make the internet a safer and more enjoyable place for everybody.

One thing that I find odd is that this doesn't deal with misogyny?? Maybe this glaring omission will be rectified.

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