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Matt Collins
10-20-2014, 09:18 AM
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/14/10/19/2313233/in-uk-internet-trolls-could-face-two-years-in-jail



An anonymous reader writes with this news from The Guardian about a proposed change in UK law that would greatly increase the penalties for online incivility:Internet trolls who spread "venom" on social media could be jailed for up to two years (http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/oct/19/justice-secretary-chris-grayling-pledges-stiffer-sentences-for-internet-trolls), the justice secretary Chris Grayling has said as he announced plans to quadruple the maximum prison sentence. Grayling, who spoke of a "baying cybermob", said the changes will allow magistrates to pass on the most serious cases to crown courts. The changes, which will be introduced as amendments to the criminal justice and courts bill, will mean the maximum custodial sentence of six months will be increased to 24 months. Grayling told the Mail on Sunday: "These internet trolls are cowards who are poisoning our national life. No one would permit such venom in person, so there should be no place for it on social media. That is why we are determined to quadruple the six-month sentence.

CaptUSA
10-20-2014, 09:20 AM
Got ya sweating, Matt? ;)

JK/SEA
10-20-2014, 09:21 AM
''whatcha gonna do when they come for you''....

Spikender
10-20-2014, 10:18 AM
I hope they realize this will only make them troll harder.

donnay
10-20-2014, 10:26 AM
Matt, you better not ever go to the UK then.

William Tell
10-20-2014, 10:27 AM
Got ya sweating, Matt? ;)
Lol, first they came for teh Collinz, and I did not stand up because I am not teh Collinz, then they came for maybemaybenot....
:p

As Ben Franklin said: Troll together...

luctor-et-emergo
10-20-2014, 10:28 AM
Well there's no free speech in the UK to begin with. Say something people don't agree with and it's a hate crime...

acptulsa
10-20-2014, 10:56 AM
They aren't talking about trollery. They're talking about making threats.

Just another attempt to redefine a word. Trolling is highly unlikely to be outlawed in the UK so long as the government has whole bureaus full of people whose job it is to do it.

Of course, once they pass the law, the definition will change...

William Tell
10-20-2014, 11:17 AM
''whatcha gonna do when they come for you''....


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f33QVs5eHTM

HOLLYWOOD
10-20-2014, 12:51 PM
UK Internet Trolls?

Does that include the GCHQ... government's racketeering and trolling of the internets?

WELL, WELL... read on

http://kwout.com/cutout/x/qy/mj/bqs_bor.jpg

Latest Snowden Revelations Suggest GCHQ Is Just Like 4Chan Trolls, But With More Firepower | Techdirt (https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140714/10462727873/latest-snowden-revelations-suggest-gchq-is-just-like-4chan-trolls-with-more-firepower.shtml)

http://s8.postimg.org/koo99bged/GCHQ_trolling.png

Anti Federalist
10-20-2014, 12:53 PM
Good thing you don't live in the UK huh?

HOLLYWOOD
10-20-2014, 03:09 PM
http://kwout.com/cutout/u/ue/37/gyj_bor.jpg

Snowden: ‘Training Guide’ for GCHQ, NSA Agents Infiltrating and Disrupting Alternative Media Online (http://21stcenturywire.com/2014/02/25/snowden-training-guide-for-gchq-nsa-agents-infiltrating-and-disrupting-alternative-media-online/)

FindLiberty
10-20-2014, 04:10 PM
I'm out now, for good! [another wanker just runs and hides under his bed]

LOL

Seriously, such a law is a very bad idea...
Seems that freedom is dying even quicker across the pond.