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>I hope you can see there's a difference between someone saying "FYAD" and someone sending hundreds of death and rape threats per day from multiple different ac
by Ntrails 11y ago
>I hope you can see there's a difference between someone saying "FYAD" and someone sending hundreds of death and rape threats per day from multiple different accounts.
I absolutely do - and I agree with basically everything you say. What I'm not sure about is where the law draws the line.
Twitter [social media] feels like a real problem for abuse, because instead of saying "anything goes, leave or stay at will" or moderating according to community rules, they claim no responsibility or interest and simply refer to the police.
I don't have answers, and I know defending my right to be a dick to someone for bad posting on some forum somewhere is somewhat pathetic. I just feel like "people could be fined or sent to prison for using deliberately harmful, threatening or offensive language" is dangerous. I'm pretty sure on the last one I've got some jail time coming - especially if the offence can be taken by someone to whom it isn't addressed...
- DanBC 11y agoDoes a threatening message cause fear or alarm in the person it's aimed at? Would it cause fear and alarm in a reasonable person? Was it intended to do so? These are all things that courts deal with every day with AFK verbal aggression.