Board 8 > And the UK continues its decline into fascism [trolling]

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http://news.yahoo.com/internet-trolls-face-tough-uk-rules-144306255--sector.html

Basically, if you cause "emotional distress" on an anonymous forum in the UK, you can have your identity revealed for prosecution.

In theory, if XiC (or some other Brit) now says a racist thing on B8, GameFAQs can turn him over to the authorities where he will be charged with a hate crime.



Please don't tell me anybody can actually defend this crap

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In other news, the actual important UK is still your defending National Champions.


GR8NESS

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Yeah, so glad I changed my mind about moving there permanently. This is ridiculous.

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RIP freedom of speech

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bwahahaha now UKers have to be nice to me

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If anyone from the UK defends this I will consider it emotional distress and report them to the proper authorities

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Does this also mean that ngirl now has actual authority?

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This is not as bad as New York thinking they can outlaw anonymous internet posting entirely.

But it is still crazy.

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Another example of US > UK.

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Finally MWC can be punished for college basketball season.

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I'm not defending it, it's stupid. However, this is a planned bill. It's not law yet and hopefully won't be. You guys had SOPA and all that crap proposed and it didn't pass, I doubt this will either for the same reasons.

Also, Arizona has already passed a law that makes trolling illegal. So, go you guys.

http://www.mobiledia.com/news/136267.html

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This is dumb.

That said it seems like it's more about protecting people from the likes of Anonymous as opposed to "omg you can't say things on gamefaqs anymore".

And yes that totally is ~Damage Control~, but by all accounts it seems like correct damage control. There's plenty of laws out there that are idiotic if you enforce them to their fullest capability - just because a law says something COULD happen, doesn't mean it necessarily will.

edit: and yeah, not passed yet.

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It's giving the "wronged" parties an additional right so it would definitely be pushed past reasonable limits

And yeah Arizona is a joke, they've had tons of ridiculous laws in recent years.

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Do the Brits even have a legislative process anymore?

I was under the impression all of your laws were made by judges and blessed by the Queen

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