I have this horrible feeling they're going to use this tragedy to try and take control of the "free" internet. AFAIK if the UK (or indeed any) police get in touch with a social media platform and ask for someones info they get it, how much further are they going to go? A forced register that everyone who wants to participate has to sign? Government issue online passes? Where I am concerned though is how they intend to pull this off and how long will it be before the powers designed to stop online abuse are applied to other things. I actually agree that far too many people use the anonymous nature of the internet to say disgusting things knowing there's nothing anyone can do about it. She said many MPs had suffered “appalling” online attacks and warned: “We can’t carry on like this.” Speaking two days after 69-year-old Sir David was killed in a knife attack at a constituency surgery in his Southend West seat, Ms Patel said she was determined to introduce “big changes” to the law surrounding online hate. And she said: “Persons inciting violence and racial hatred online should know that they will no longer have this cover.”
She told The Independent that police investigations into racial abuse and threats against her had repeatedly foundered because of social media companies’ insistence on protecting anonymity.
0 kommentar(er)
