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Lilley
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Posted - 2012/04/12 :  00:34:32  Show profile Send a private message
Trolling Could Get You 25 Years in Jail in Arizona
One of the Internet's basic tenetsthe right to be as much of a myopic, infantile asshat as humanly possibleis currently under attack in Arizona. A sweeping update to the state's telecommunications harrasment bill could make naughty, angry words a Class 1 misdemeanor. Or worse.

It's a dangerous precedent, yet another bill written and supported by legislators who fundamentally don't understand the nature of the internet. And I'm not just being a, well, you know.
Arizona House Bill 2549 passed both legislative houses last Thursday and is now awaiting approval from Arizona's governor Brewer. The statute states that:

"It is unlawful for any person, with intent to terrify, intimidate, threaten, harass, annoy or offend, to use a ANY ELECTRONIC OR DIGITAL DEVICE and use any obscene, lewd or profane language or suggest any lewd or lascivious act, or threaten to inflict physical harm to the person or property of any person."

Emphasis added. If the electronic devices and means are employed to stalk a victim, the penalty bumps up to a Class 3 felony.

For those not intimately familiar with Arizona penal law, a Class 1 misdemeanor is punishable by a $2,500 fine and up to six months in jail (it's the most aggressive misdemeanor charge the state can bring). A Class 3 felony, meanwhile, carries a minimum sentence of 2.5 years for non-dangerous offenders with no prior record. And a max of 25 years in jail.

Opponents of the bill argue that the wording is overly broad and could easily be interpreted to include not just one-on-one communications but public forums like 4Chan, Reddit, and anywhere else that allows commenting. You thought the banhammer was bad? Try handcuffs.

It could also have a chilling effect on free speech by prohibiting shocking or "profane" language online. And since the bill stipulates that the offense only has to occur on Arizona soil (since a Facebook comment is definitely a geographic place, right?) that basically puts the entire Internet on notice.

The bill's supporters argue that the steps are necessary to prevent online bullying. Despite the public outcry, the bill has seen very little resistance from elected officials. However, given how well Arizona's other recent, short-lived, and generally draconian propositions-including its racial profiling, anti-gay adoption, and anti-immigration bills-have fared, House Bill 2549 might not be a law for long, assuming Governor Brewer even signs it.

In the mean time, feel free to leave your thoughts on the matter on Brewer's Facebook page. You know, while it's still legal.


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Posted - 2012/04/12 :  01:12:19  Show profile  Send a private message  Visit Dys7's homepage
Tits

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Cart me away, coppers!


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Edited by - Dys7 on 2012/04/12 01:12:51
Samination
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Wow. They would love this site then.

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Posted - 2012/04/12 :  13:04:38  Show profile  Send a private message  Visit Smoogie's homepage
So if we was to Troll here in the Uk would the Troll Police from Arizona come and get us?

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Posted - 2012/04/12 :  13:13:45  Show profile  Send a private message  Visit Lilley's homepage
quote:
Originally posted by Samination:
Wow. They would love this site then.



This site has nothing.


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4Chan is DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMED!



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Posted - 2012/04/12 :  16:05:58  Show profile  Send a private message  Visit Triquatra's homepage
Trolls are being tracked down in the UK now as well, love it when they get caught
the post a picture and its usually a scummy fat old man who looks like all he's thinking about is where the next pub is and if he's got enough change to get a kebab..and then everyone laughs at their picture and they get a community sentance and arent allowed near a computer or internet ready device.. :D



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It's a disgrace, frankly. I'm not surprised by the US doing this, there's a reason they lock up more f their population than any nation in human history, but I'm ashamed to see the UK doing something similar.

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Posted - 2012/04/12 :  19:40:45  Show profile  Send a private message  Visit Dys7's homepage
I don't think triquatra is talking about people on forums posting "ur gay", I think they're going after the men who gang up on elementary school girls and send them death threats.

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Posted - 2012/04/12 :  19:43:40  Show profile  Send a private message  Visit Triquatra's homepage
you have to draw the line somewhere
http://www.theweek.co.uk/law/twitter/46244/troll-threatens-louise-mensch-which-child-should-die

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/sep/13/internet-troll-jailed-mocking-teenagers

(just saw previous comment from dys, indeed I was refering to these two..though more recently the threats to Mrs Mensch)

nothing to be ashamed of imo, I would be more ashamed admiting that these two people getting sentanced didn't deserve what they got.


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Posted - 2012/04/14 :  14:36:25  Show profile  Send a private message  Visit Karthy's homepage
No no nooooo... We do not need a law for everything under the sun, if you can't handle what happens on the internet don't go on it, we don't need you on it anyway.



That's how I'm genuinely feeling right now, there's no escape for government control :'(

One day, I'll buy my own island with my own laws and shit, but you can't even do that :|


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Posted - 2012/04/15 :  06:16:35  Show profile  Send a private message  Visit Samination's homepage
quote:
Originally posted by Karthy:
No no nooooo... We do not need a law for everything under the sun, if you can't handle what happens on the internet don't go on it, we don't need you on it anyway.



That's how I'm genuinely feeling right now, there's no escape for government control :'(

One day, I'll buy my own island with my own laws and shit, but you can't even do that :|




If you don't like screaming children, stay inside for all of your life... Is that what your telling us? Everyone has an equal right to stay outdoors/on the internet. But harassment on the internet should still be the same as harassment face to face. Only difference is that you can hide behind a computer.


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I think death threat to peoples children are a little worse than harassment hehe

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Samination
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quote:
Originally posted by Triquatra:
I think death threat to peoples children are a little worse than harassment hehe



but some of those kids can be annoying :(
But with parents that talk LOUD, no wonder the kids are on high volume


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Edited by - Samination on 2012/04/15 08:57:19



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