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> They weren’t murdered on Twitter, so I fail to see how the Online Safety Act would have helped prevent this. I mention that because in some online communitie
by michaelt 2y ago
> They weren’t murdered on Twitter, so I fail to see how the Online Safety Act would have helped prevent this.
I mention that because in some online communities threats of rape and murder are bandied about jokingly. That 12 year old on Fortnite voice chat isn't really going to fuck your mom! That twitter joke trial where someone threatened to blow up an airport was ridiculous. Some might wonder - why can't these twitter-using politicians ignore a few murder threats from neo-nazis and islamists, like the rest of us?
The reason is the real, non-joke murders by neo-nazis and islamists.
- bilvar 2y agoYou know political assassination was a thing even before Twitter right?
- skeaker 2y agoWouldn't it be easier to get the jump on them by not threatening them in the first place? How does stopping the verbal threat also stop the real life attack? Not to say that I wish harm on anyone or think anyone deserves to be threatened. The point is more that if the reasoning for this is as you say, then the laws they're putting in place don't really make sense. It's like if someone was going around poisoning the water supply and they outlawed talking about it instead of just protecting the water supply.