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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: 5, Insightful) by Runaway1956 on Friday May 19 2017, @02:33AM (6 children)
Bingo. fustakrakich wins the internet today. People who voluntarily give the BBC, or anyone else online, their real contact information, are chumps, asking to be burnt.
I'm looking at all the fools who post all the details of their lives to Facebook, first and foremost. But, while those are the worst of the worst, you can find chumps almost everywhere who invite predators into their lives. The internet is NOT the repository for all of your hopes and fears, it is NOT the place for all your personal details.
And, FUCK THE BBC!!
As for my employer, it is very clear where his authority begins and ends. My employer has jack shit to say about what I post online, unless I screw up and name that employer, and offer trade secrets and confidential information. ONLY IF I should cross that line, would my employer have any authority over my postings. Fuck my employer, and double fuck the social justice warrior who calls herself a "human relations" officer.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 19 2017, @02:44AM (2 children)
double fuck the social justice warrior who calls herself a "human relations" officer
So, company whore?
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Friday May 19 2017, @03:01AM (1 child)
Mmmmmm - uhhhhh -
That's a tough question. I don't think she whores herself at all. She is a BELIEVER!! You can't sell yourself for an idea that you believe in. Besides, she's almost the definition of "fugly", so she would have a hard time prostituting herself.
So, no, I don't suppose she's any kind of a whore.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 19 2017, @06:56PM
I believe you are overthinking this. The emphasis should be placed on the "human relations" part of the job description to get the joke. As far the part about her being fugly, perhaps she is in fact a he. That seems to be a common thread among SJW advocates who claim femalehood these days. Is "her" name Caitlin or maybe L-O-L-A Lola?
(Score: 2) by Spamalope on Friday May 19 2017, @03:17AM
Why would it have to be you who ties them together? A 3rd party reddit/twitter lynch mob leader will tie your name to your employer and demand your firing. ISP/Telco/Service provider staff will dox you to assist, provided your politics aren't sufficiently leftist.
(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).
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 19 2017, @02:04PM
BBC: Dear Boss - One of your programmers is trolling on our internet site! They said very, very mean things. In public!
Boss: Dear BBC - Fuck off. Unsubscribe. Mark as Spam. Report to Authorities. I don't give a shit.