Twitter 'racist' spared jail
22-03-2012, 12:16
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Twitter 'racist' spared jail
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A law student who sent a series of racist tweets to former Liverpool and England footballer Stan Collymore was spared jail yesterday
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http://www.metro.co.uk/news/893852-t...stan-collymore
Pity that inciting murder and violent law breaking by similar means doesn't seem to be treated quite as seriously by the authorities.... 
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22-03-2012, 12:18
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Re: Twitter 'racist' spared jail
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Originally Posted by Osem
Pity that inciting murder and violent law breaking by similar means doesn't seem to be treated quite as seriously by the authorities.... |
Have you informed them?
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22-03-2012, 12:37
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Re: Twitter 'racist' spared jail
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I wonder if they would take a different view on inciting rioting, murder, and terrorism? 
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22-03-2012, 12:43
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Re: Twitter 'racist' spared jail
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Have you informed them?
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If you're referring to a certain CF poster, have you?
If you're making a wider point, what difference does it make who I have or haven't reported? I don't inhabit dark places like the Twittersphere'...
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22-03-2012, 13:02
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Re: Twitter 'racist' spared jail
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Originally Posted by Osem
If you're referring to a certain CF poster, have you?
If you're making a wider point, what difference does it make who I have or haven't reported? I don't inhabit dark places like the Twittersphere'...
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No, I haven't. I was just referring to the 'pity' comment. They may well treat it equally seriously, but they do need to be aware of possible transgressions.
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22-03-2012, 13:09
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Re: Twitter 'racist' spared jail
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No, I haven't. I was just referring to the 'pity' comment. They may well treat it equally seriously, but they do need to be aware of possible transgressions.
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Hence my use of the word 'seem' in the OP.
No doubt we'll see how seriously they take such things in due course.
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22-03-2012, 18:19
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Re: Twitter 'racist' spared jail
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Originally Posted by Osem
Hence my use of the word 'seem' in the OP.
No doubt we'll see how seriously they take such things in due course. |
I don't use twitter but isn't there a "report Twit" feature......or even "report Tweet"
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23-03-2012, 16:32
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Re: Twitter 'racist' spared jail
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I don't use twitter but isn't there a "report Twit" feature......or even "report Tweet" |
It appears that the only thing you can report tweets for is spam.
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23-03-2012, 16:37
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Re: Twitter 'racist' spared jail
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It appears that the only thing you can report tweets for is spam.
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Seems a bit backward
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23-03-2012, 16:58
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Re: Twitter 'racist' spared jail
You report spam to Twitter, you report illegal content to the police. The reason this guy was caught was before the police became aware not because someone told Twitter.
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23-03-2012, 17:06
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Re: Twitter 'racist' spared jail
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Originally Posted by Damien
You report spam to Twitter, you report illegal content to the police. The reason this guy was caught was before the police became aware not because someone told Twitter.
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Yes I understand that. But I do think that twitter should also have a reporting system the same as Facebook do.
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