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Australia Attorney General Proposes New Laws To Stop Twitter Trolls

Posted by samzenpus on from the tweet-nicely dept.

CuteSteveJobs writes "Australian Attorney-General Nicola Roxon has flagged new laws to end anonymous trolling via Twitter: 'Twitter should reveal the identities of the anonymous trolls who are breaking the law by abusing others online.' The new laws were proposed after trolls attacked Footballer Robbie Farah. Farah was later granted a meeting with the Prime Minister to to discuss social media abuse. Ironically today it was revealed that Farah himself had trolled the Prime Minister telling her to 'Get a Noose' on her 50th birthday."

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  1. Right... by simplexion · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This isn't going to end well for Roxon.

  2. The obvious questions by DiamondGeezer · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Who gets to decide what is, and is not, trolling? Will trolling be a crime, and under what statute? How much will the "troll patrol" cost?

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  3. Internet only? by MavEtJu · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Or will they also go after the shockjocks and the printed media?

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