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posted by Fnord666 on Tuesday April 10 2018, @04:51AM   Printer-friendly
from the just-sue dept.

One of England's top police officers, Shaun Sawyer, wants citizens to go after internet giants that have wronged them.

Sawyer, who is chief constable in Devon and Cornwall and is national lead for human trafficking and modern slavery, made the suggestion in an interview with The Sunday Times, published over the weekend.

In a paywalled article, he told the Murdoch organ that if someone is a victim of an “Internet-enabled crime”, they should sue the platform involved.

Describing the internet as a “safe space for organised crime”, he said Silicon Valley company abuses were “becoming a human injustice”.

The comments coincidentally (?) came after American authorities last week shuttered Backpage.com, a site accused of supporting human trafficking by allowing publication of advertisements for "escorts".

Sawyer believes platforms like Facebook need more policing, and he also criticised “liberal” laws.

So it's down to users, apparently: if people with the resources of the person in the street start suing the platforms, he argued, they would start using their resources to spot abuse.


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  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Tuesday April 10 2018, @06:58AM (3 children)

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday April 10 2018, @06:58AM (#664851) Journal

    Of course he wants, because wanting costs nothing for him. So typical.

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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 10 2018, @07:38AM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 10 2018, @07:38AM (#664855)

    Monitoring social media is also easier and safer than patrolling the streets.

    • (Score: 3, Informative) by PiMuNu on Tuesday April 10 2018, @08:24AM (1 child)

      by PiMuNu (3823) on Tuesday April 10 2018, @08:24AM (#664861)

      > safer than patrolling the streets

      I don't think Devon and Cornwall are exactly a hotbed of gun crime. Though I understand the gangs in Taunton can be pretty fierce (joke).

      • (Score: 2) by Gaaark on Tuesday April 10 2018, @11:46AM

        by Gaaark (41) on Tuesday April 10 2018, @11:46AM (#664894) Journal

        And that Greengrass fellow in Aidensfield can be tricky....

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