Japan's parliament on Monday passed legislation making "online insults" punishable by imprisonment amid rising public concern over cyberbullying sparked by the suicide of a reality television star who had faced social media abuse.
No offense to the free speech warriors, but internet harassment laws are really needed.
I mean, in some sense I agree. But I'd like to think that punishment should be "delete your account" rather than "have your life ruined by a prison sentence".
Rabid, mentally ill, chan-brained people who organize hate campaigns for the most mundane of reasons have become an even bigger problem around the world, and ignoring them just leads to deranged shit like the Sandy Hook trutherism.
There's such an enormous gulf between "ignoring internet hate groups" and "imprisoning people who gets caught spamming a celebrity's Twitter feed".
I mean, in some sense I agree. But I'd like to think that punishment should be "delete your account" rather than "have your life ruined by a prison sentence".
There's such an enormous gulf between "ignoring internet hate groups" and "imprisoning people who gets caught spamming a celebrity's Twitter feed".
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