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Your Online Habits Could Land You In Prison (Part 1) - Programing4Us - Enterprise
Your Online Habits Could Land You In Prison (Part 1)
5/17/2014 5:46:16 PM
The internet has given rise to new crimes – from hacking and bank fraud to eBay scams – but it’s also created a new kind of troublemaker: the accidental criminal. No-one would be surprised by an early-morning knock on the door if they’d hacked an online banking site, but the reach of the web means it’s never been easier for otherwise well-behaved citizens to break the law inadvertently.
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Neither the law nor common sense have kept pace with a world in which social networks and ﬁ le-sharing sites have changed the legal landscape. More importantly, people who previously had no means of libelling a celebrity or breaching contempt of court rules can now do so simply by hitting Retweet. We’re all a click away from accusations of harassment or causing gross offence.
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“Twitter is so short and instant, so much about the heat and the heart of the debate, that it’s a temptation for people to tweet too quickly without considering the consequences. There could be contempt of court, defamation or data-protection issues,” said Kathryn Wynn, a senior associate with tech law ﬁrm Pinsent Masons. “We’ve seen real-world examples of this... people can’t substantiate a tweet as they don’t have any evidence. In the heat of the debate, people don’t go away and check, because the debate would have moved on – so they don’t stop to think.”
It’s because of incidents like this that a social network user could ﬁnd themselves facing court. Several trolls have served time, and libellous posters have had to dig deep to pay damages.
Despite the grave consequences, the authorities are still coming to terms with how to deal with Joe Bloggs gaining a platform to air opinion and humour. Look at the farcical trial of Paul Chambers, who was found guilty of sending a menacing message when he jokingly threatened to blow up Robin Hood Airport near Doncaster after it was closed due to snow – common sense and law don’t always mix.
Since that case, Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) guidelines have laid out where prosecution for harassment or web threats is justiﬁed, focusing on whether threats are credible, how persistent the harassment is, and the level of offensiveness.
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According to lawyers, it’s easy to libel someone via social networks: each post, tweet or retweet could be subject to its own legal action, although it’s often impossible to take action against everyone. “A retweet of a false and defamatory tweet isn’t immune from legal action. Just as the tweeter is liable if the tweet is defamatory, untrue and cannot be defended, so the retweeter will be liable,” said Rendle.
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