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posted by n1 on Friday May 19 2017, @02:14AM   Printer-friendly
from the stop-snitching dept.

Submitted via IRC for TheMightyBuzzard

There are all sorts of different ways that websites that allow comments have dealt with trollish behavior over the years, but I think the BBC's new policy is the first I've seen in which the organization threatens that it may contact your boss or your school (found via Frank Fisher).

The new policy has a short section on "offensive or inappropriate content on BBC websites" where it says the following:

Offensive or inappropriate content on BBC websites

If you post or send offensive, inappropriate or objectionable content anywhere on or to BBC websites or otherwise engage in any disruptive behaviour on any BBC service, the BBC may use your personal information to stop such behaviour.

Where the BBC reasonably believes that you are or may be in breach of any applicable laws (e.g. because content you have posted may be defamatory), the BBC may use your personal information to inform relevant third parties such as your employer, school email/internet provider or law enforcement agencies about the content and your behaviour.

To be fair, it does seem to limit this to cases where it believes you've violated the law, but even so, it seems like a stretch to argue that the BBC should be calling your boss to tell on you for being a [troll], even if you break the law.

Source: TechDirt


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 19 2017, @02:53AM (4 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 19 2017, @02:53AM (#511970)

    Yes, I do know who you are, but I hired you anyway. It amuses me to keep you around.

  • (Score: 3, Informative) by Snotnose on Friday May 19 2017, @03:02AM (3 children)

    by Snotnose (1623) on Friday May 19 2017, @03:02AM (#511980)

    I wish. Made the mistake of leaving a good job a few years back to join a startup, which went tits up a year later. Haven't been able to get an interview since then, let alone a job. Even chopped 10-15 years off my resume, nobody responds to my "um, u got a job, I would be really good at it, so, we good?" emails.

    I did not plan to retire in my 50s, but that seems to be what I've done.

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 19 2017, @04:44AM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 19 2017, @04:44AM (#512019)

      Ain't no jobs when you're over 30. Unless you're Michael-fucking-David-fucking-Crawford-fuck-yeah.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 19 2017, @06:30AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 19 2017, @06:30AM (#512053)

        Wub a lubba dub dub!

    • (Score: 2, Informative) by anubi on Friday May 19 2017, @07:54AM

      by anubi (2828) on Friday May 19 2017, @07:54AM (#512070) Journal

      I did not want to retire either... but we do have a Gawd-awful surplus of STEM people in the workplace right now due to all the aerospace companies which are no longer around.

      Which has highly depressed how much organizations value us.

      One organization I was dealing with seemed to have no problem paying $600 hour for attorney. I was not valued at even ten percent of that.

      I was to be the one creating the content. The attorney was retained to protect the content. Geez.

      Before I say too much on this, things for me could be far far far worse.... I could be thousands of dollars in student debt with a newly minted engineering degree right now.

      Forced to work for peanuts as my training is so specialized I am only useful to certain corporations. Corporations which now have their pick of thousands of job applicants and they can pick the ones with the least expectations which makes for a good bonus for the hiring manager.

      I had the choice to turn down those low-ball offers and accept pasture way before my time.

      ( Jumping up and down and throwing things.... "I am fed up with Cucumber! I want Grape!" )

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