Reply to: Freedom of Tweet

[MarillionFan]

Classic blog on it here

Do We Really Want the Tom Daley Twitter Twat to End Up in Prison? | VICE

[AtW]

I'm not sure how that is arrestable. What law does that break then?

Menacing communications or something like that.

When will the Parliament actually votes for the 1st Amendment?

[NickFitz]

"i'm going to find you and i'm going to drown you in the pool you cocky tw*t your a nobody people like you make me sick.""

Ah you see, it continues the BBC didn't put that.

WMFS. That tweet (and there were quite a few more before the Twitter backlash spurred him to withdraw his comments and to apologise repeatedly) could be considered to constitute a menacing communication, the offence for which Paul Chambers of #twitterjoketrial fame rightfully had his conviction quashed last week. (The ruling in that case would be unlikely to exempt something like this.) It could more generally be seen as a threat to kill.

Most likely he'll be given "words of advice" or possibly a formal caution. I think the CPS is, since the Chambers case, going to be a lot more circumspect about bringing prosecutions for malicious communications where it is unlikely that the threat was serious, which seems likely in this case (have you seen the guy who sent it? He couldn't batter a piece of cod).

[russell]

I dont (and I dont care about tom daley). Too many people think they can just do what they want. The trolls need to be culled. This is a good way to start,

What next, are we going to start going into schools and arresting every kid that says cruel stuff to another kid?

[BrilloPad]

The trolls need to be culled.

mods are going to be busy then.

[MarillionFan]

I dont (and I dont care about tom daley). Too many people think they can just do what they want. The trolls need to be culled. This is a good way to start,

You;d better start by topping yourself then.

[BolshieBastard]

Police investigating Tom Daley Twitter troll | UK news | guardian.co.uk

Pretty terrible tweet and the guy is a sick ahole, but I think arresting the guy is even worse.

I dont (and I dont care about tom daley). Too many people think they can just do what they want. The trolls need to be culled. This is a good way to start,

[darmstadt]

Twitter and NBC have a contract together for Twitter to provide Olympic information so don't tweet tulip about NBC otherwise the forces that be won't like it, pathetic censorship at its worst...

[SimonMac]

I know in the UK there is no freedom of speech law, but what has he done wrong apart from announce to the world what a total twat he is, hang on if thats the case the Stasi is going to lock up half of the posters on here!

[SimonMac]

I'm not sure how that is arrestable. What law does that break then?

WHS!

[MarillionFan]

"i'm going to find you and i'm going to drown you in the pool you cocky tw*t your a nobody people like you make me sick.""

Ah you see, it continues the BBC didn't put that.

[doodab]

It was far better in the good old days. He would not have been arrested. But some public minded citizen would have given him a good kicking.

But isn't that the police's job?

[FiveTimes]

It was far better in the good old days. He would not have been arrested. But some public minded citizen would have given him a good kicking.

Im sure the kicking will still happen

[BrilloPad]

It was far better in the good old days. He would not have been arrested. But some public minded citizen would have given him a good kicking.

[MarillionFan]

"You let your dad down i hope you know that."

That just makes me think 'twat', that's it. Cannot see how you could arrest someone for that.