Getting punished for what you say on the internet

[arakura]

This is a whole different meeter, it is a threat and it should be taken seriously even if it sounds as a joke.

 

I heard of a case when some guy published an advertisement in a newspapers that he is searching for someone who wants to be earthen alive by him and some other guy thinking that he meant it in a sexual way had called him for it and once they had meat the first guy doze him  with some drugs tied him up and started eating him and latter he was arrested and a whole thing went public.

 

It's one thing to talk bad about someone it's a completely other thing to threat someone.

I'm interested in who he threatened. Mind enlightening me on the specific person or persons he was targeting? Also, threats happen all the time. Law enforcement might do a better job if they werent trying to target joksters on the internet instead of, you know... the people who actually do the crimes most of the time...

 

At a certain point, though, slander over the internet or otherwise should have actual consequences. If it's a political thing, then slander has a very big impact on you, so *given that the slander is indeed made of lies and intentionally damaging in a severe way* I'd say it's ok for the law to get involved.

 

But I mostly agree with Nosebleed, though I can't imagine the internet not being a huge deal these days.

[Lefon]

I completly agree. Considering the internet is one of the last few places we can be free without laws (although its slowly changing) i want it to stay that way. As long as we arent threatening them everything that is said online should stay that way online. If anyone is insulted by what you say online don't get the law involved defend your self online. If someone does talk shit about you then you have every right to talk shit about them. The fact that they are getting the law involved means that they can't defend them selfs and would rather wait for everyone else to do it for them.

[Lefon]

(you know something's wrong when /b/ is on the news)

really? /b/ was on the news. This sounds like people talking about things they dont know anything about. (Can you link me the news segment if you can i really want to see it)

[theboxcarracer]

I don't understand people's need to make things public. Some people need to get a diary (or as men like to call things, a "journal".)

 

Yeah,  I agree with this.

 

Seriously, if someone went out on the street and started saying racist things loud enough for other people to hear, you'd expect something bad to go that person's way, right? Posting things on the internet that other people can read is a lot like that. Sure, you're not saying anything offensive to someone specific, but other people can hear/see it regardless of who you're talking to. And posting something on the internet is permanent, too.

 

If you say something publicly and permanently, expect there to be consequences. And there should be consequences. If you're going to say something shitty, keep it to yourself unless you want other people to read/hear it. It's common sense.

[phersu]

What? Just hide your IP address. 'Tis child's play.

[Kenshin_sama]

What? Just hide your IP address. 'Tis child's play.

Unfortunately, there are people that don't even know what an IP address is.

[phersu]

Unfortunately, there are people that don't even know what an IP address is.

Whut? It's the internet. Even if you didn't....you could just google it.

[Flutterz]

Whut? It's the internet. Even if you didn't....you could just google it.

The SADDEST part is that there are people who don't know that "you can just google it".

[phersu]

The SADDEST part is that there are people who don't know that "you can just google it".

The fuck is wrong with people?