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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
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 19 2017, @11:05AM
> People who voluntarily give the BBC, or anyone else online,
> their real contact information, are chumps, asking to be burnt.
Yes, except that access to the BBC iPlayer service (watch BBC content via the internet at your convenience) is changing
1. First they made it a requirement that you have a TV license - it used to be the case that this was only required for watching TV live over the air. But it was an honour system - you clicked "Yes I have a valid TV license"
2. Now I see a message indicating that soon you will have to register and have an account to use iPlayer. I've not tried registering yet so maybe 3 is actually already part of 2.
3. Presumably at some point the registration process will cross-check against the list of TV licenses meaning there will at very least be a connection to a database that has your real [name and] address (licenses are by property, or TV or person).