Watch out GD, being a Troll will land you in jail.

BunnyKillBot · 29 Oct 2010 at 19:42

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-11650593

He was charged under the Communications Act 2003, for sending malicious communications that were grossly offensive.

Communications Act 2003? Good olde Labour :rolleyes:

Here we go, the blasted act itself:

127
Improper use of public electronic communications network
(1)
A person is guilty of an offence if he—
(a)
sends by means of a public electronic communications network a message or other matter that is grossly offensive or of an indecent, obscene or menacing character; or
(b)
causes any such message or matter to be so sent.
(2)
A person is guilty of an offence if, for the purpose of causing annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety to another, he—
(a)
sends by means of a public electronic communications network, a message that he knows to be false,
(b)
causes such a message to be sent; or
(c)
persistently makes use of a public electronic communications network.
(3)
A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable, on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or to both.
(4)
Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to anything done in the course of providing a programme service (within the meaning of the Broadcasting Act 1990 (c. 42)).

Brian8bit · 29 Oct 2010 at 19:43

Read this earlier and had a good chuckle.

d_brennen · 29 Oct 2010 at 19:43

Your mum

Marky · 29 Oct 2010 at 19:44

d_brennen said:
Your mum

YOU R UNDER ARREST! LULZ!

Vita · 29 Oct 2010 at 19:45

Problem?

Steedie · 29 Oct 2010 at 19:47

^ haha that picture always cracks me up

Trollin' yo

SMN · 29 Oct 2010 at 19:47

He deserved it. People like that drive me mad, theres trolling and then theres posting offensive things like profanity on a tribute page. Trolling takes guile and intelligence (IMO!) whereas he was just a tard.

BunnyKillBot · 29 Oct 2010 at 19:48

d_brennen said:
Your mum

I find that grossly offensive. I am annoyed, inconvenienced and rather anxious. I think i have a good case.

Azza · 29 Oct 2010 at 19:49

doofer · 29 Oct 2010 at 19:52

What offends one person can highly amuse another, how can it be defined to be an attempt to offend or an attempt to amuse? Fail Law.

Nitefly · 29 Oct 2010 at 19:52

Luckily for Platinum87, the offence hasn't been extended to being really, really alpha.

Mark A · 29 Oct 2010 at 19:54

SMN said:
He deserved it. People like that drive me mad, theres trolling and then theres posting offensive things like profanity on a tribute page. Trolling takes guile and intelligence (IMO!) whereas he was just a tard.

This tbh. People like this give trolling a bad name

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Edrof · 29 Oct 2010 at 19:54

Jade Goody, I can understand as she was often a horrible person in life. But the boy who was mauled by a dog...deserved jail time!

BunnyKillBot · 29 Oct 2010 at 19:56

doofer said:
What offends one person can highly amuse another, how can it be defined to be an attempt to offend or an attempt to amuse? Fail Law.

How this snuck through the house of lords is beyond me. No doubt the peers saw the words 'Electronic Communication' and thought 'Ah yes, the telegram! What a marvellous mode of communication.'

ChroniC · 29 Oct 2010 at 19:58

Unemployed Coss was only caught when he sent residents on his street photos of himself saying he was an internet "troll".
One of the residents passed the photos to police who interviewed him before he eventually admitted to posting abusive messages.

What!!!!!! This is mental! Who calls the police over something so odd and trivial. and what police station takes them seriously, and why would you admit it, this seems rather strange.

Vita · 29 Oct 2010 at 19:59

ChroniC said:
What!!!!!! This is mental! Who calls the police over something so odd and trivial. and what police station takes them seriously, and why would you admit it, this seems rather strange.

Grandmaster Fap! · 29 Oct 2010 at 20:07

ChroniC said:
What!!!!!! This is mental! Who calls the police over something so odd and trivial. and what police station takes them seriously, and why would you admit it, this seems rather strange.

"Police, can we help? You say someone is breaking into your house? we'll be there when a unit is available..."

"Police can we help? You say someone gave you a picture and addmited to trolling on the internet? LOCK ALL YOUR DOORS AND WINDOWS, A SWAT TEAM WILL BE THERE SHORTLY!!!!111"

ChroniC · 29 Oct 2010 at 20:13

Castor said:
"Police, can we help? You say someone is breaking into your house? we'll be there when a unit is available..."

"Police can we help? You say someone gave you a picture and addmited to trolling on the internet? LOCK ALL YOUR DOORS AND WINDOWS, A SWAT TEAM WILL BE THERE SHORTLY!!!!111"

Basically, yeah I recon the BBC are trolling

J.B · 29 Oct 2010 at 20:21

Nitefly said:
Luckily for Platinum87, the offence hasn't been extended to being really, really alpha.

That's because the lawmakers are scared :eek:

franco_22 · 29 Oct 2010 at 20:38

I'm sorry but this is ridiculous. Bullying and harassment is a part of life. Man up.

Doesn't this affect his rights of freedom of speech, or freedom of own opinion? What the hell is this? Man, I think the whole staff of The Daily Mail and The Sun should just flee now because you know, they never post anything with the malicious intention to harm someone, it's just news.