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RE: Mean Words On The Internet = Prison
Well, I am offended by your post, mister -- and even more by your username, an obvious mockery of a great figurehead! POLICEMEN! Do your duty and arrest this poster!
On a more serious note, tax money has been "wisely spent" in similar endeavors in the past. USA agencies used to monitor chat rooms in World of Warcraft and other MMOs, as it was supposed to be used for hidden communication of suspects. Relevant evidence was found in Snowden documents:
https://www.propublica.org/article/world-of-spycraft-intelligence-agencies-spied-in-online-games
The question lies as to whether monitoring people's social media profiles will end up with users fined for foul language, which admittedly lots of us use, or cyber bullying (which I am all in in fighting it).
Also, I don't support going around calling people names, but what about sarcasm or personal opinions? It's not that simple. We have become too easily offended I guess.
It's not just the foul language. It's what considered "offensive". I bet the uk police will have no problem with people bashing and being offensive against Christians or conservatives.. But don't even dare say something eveb remotely bad about Islam, because jail and a huge fine will come right your way ;)
I don't know how they can do it, without spending huge resources on chasing windmills. How can they put fines on a username? They have to verify the person owning the username, and this might be a pain in
the assoops, the posterior I mean, with all the fake accounts etc. And who is to decide what constitutes an "acceptable post"? People can take offence at anything these days.Heh, it would be hilarious to watch the Headquarters of Social Networks Crime Division, in the Scottish Highlands, with the officers trying to go through all the troll- and shit- posts of the day!
It's super easy if you are not careful. They get your IP from facebook or twitter directly and bam, next thing you know you hear a knock at your door,