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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. People get brave by Grayhand · · Score: 0, Troll

    Trolling is just another form of bullying. Cowards get brave when no one knows who they are. Why is trolling considered such a right on the net? We're talking a few percent that want to ruin it for the rest of us. I like having the anonymous option but it really is a few percent that abuse the priviledge. We can't let a handful of kids living in their parent's basements rule the net. FYI disagreeing with the majority isn't trolling! The word Troll gets badly abused on Slashdot. Trolls are the ones trying to get a rise out of people for the sake of causing trouble. There's a massive difference between a troll and some one that doesn't think Apple is the anti-christ.